Supreme Court Will Hear Necessary and Proper Clause Case on Federal Law Banning Home Distilleries
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Illustration: Lex Villena; Ioannis Syrigos Today, the Supreme Court decided to review the case of Department of Justice v. McNutt, which challenges a federal law banning home distilleries. The key question in the case is whether the law in question is justified by the combination of the tax power and the Necessary and Proper Clause (which gives Congress the power to make laws "necessary and proper" for executing other powers granted to the federal government). This is likely to be most important
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