Supreme Court to Hear Case on 1868 Federal Ban on Home Distilleries
Photo: ReasonThe Supreme Court will hear a case over a federal law from 1868 that bans home distilleries, a dispute billed as a whiskey rebellion. The case turns on the Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution and is likely to be the most important case involving that clause since 2012. Home brewing is a related hobby; one enthusiast, John Ream, began brewing beer at home nearly two decades ago with a kit his wife gave him as a gift. A hearing date and decision timeline were not available.
Alternative outlet Reason focuses on the legal stakes, calling it a Necessary and Proper Clause case of likely major significance. Left-leaning CNN leads with an individual's story, opening with John Ream's start in home brewing, and frames the dispute as a whiskey rebellion. Right-leaning outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative/independent outlets had. Both covering sides agree the Supreme Court is taking up the 1868 law; they differ mainly in emphasis.
How the sides differ Alternative sources stress the constitutional stakes, left sources lead with a home brewer's story, and right sources have not covered it.
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CNN leads with a personal angle, opening on home brewer John Ream's start with a kit from his wife, and frames the case as a whiskey rebellion over an 1868 law.
Reason focuses on the legal question, presenting it as a Necessary and Proper Clause case likely to be the most important on that clause since 2012.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.