AUTOMATED SUMMARY
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a federal ban on home distilling is constitutional. The 1868 law, enacted after the Civil War to crack down on liquor tax evasion, makes violators subject to up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
The case follows conflicting April rulings from the Fifth and Sixth Circuits, which reached opposite conclusions on the ban. The Trump administration is defending the law, while challengers argue it exceeds Congress's taxing power and more than a dozen Republican-led states support them. The court's order gave no reasoning, and the justices will now decide the statute's constitutionality.
FACTS
01 On October 19, the justices accepted review of whether the federal prohibition on home spirits is constitutional. THE EPOCH TIMES
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