William Phillips, Under Secretary of State, certifies the 21st amendment, purporting to repeal the 18th amendment (prohibition), has received the requisite ratification of three-fourths of the states—this despite it NOT having been proposed by a lawfully elected (within the provisions of Article I, Section 3 [Clause 1]) senate.
NOTE: Section 1 of the amendment supposedly repeals the 18th amendment. Although authority to regulate the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors is returned to the states, Section 2 retains the Federal “prohibi[tion] of the transportation or importation … of intoxicating liquors.”
[restored 7/9/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
U.S. Constitutional Amendments – FindLaw
constitution.findlaw.com/amendments.htm