The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan. 16, 1919. Amendment XVIII: “Section 1. After one year from the ...

While many Americans are in the midst of "dry January," Jan. 17 once marked the start of a dry 13 years-- for all Americans -- a century ago. The 18th Amendment went into effect on Jan. 17, 1920, and ...

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...

The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan. 16, 1919. The 21st Amendment, ratified in early 1933, repealed the ...

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a progressive effort to enforce social reform via expanded federal power and popularly known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16, ...

Writers of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution took a little more than one hundred words to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. The 18th Amendment ...

In its era, they called it the "Volstead Act," so named because of the amendment's major proponent, Andrew Volstead. In reality, it would become the 18th Amendment to the United States ...

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the 18th Constitutional Amendment ensured provincial autonomy, and no one has dared to undo it. “The 18th Amendment was passed ...

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to ...