markhb wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:34 am
Several remedies come to mind:
- New Hampshire changes their law. I'm willing to bet that "just buy in New Hampshire" would fall afoul of a similar law in Maine, so that won't work.
- Some sort of federal preemption under either railroad regulations or the Interstate Commerce clause. The former might be tricky since the liquor license is held by the contractor, not Amtrak or NNEPRA,
- Buy limited quantities of nips, beers etc. in NH for sale specifically while in New Hampshire. Probably far too complicated to keep track of behind the counter, plus, again, they'd have to be stocked in Portland which might fall afoul of Maine law.
The 21st Amendent recending the 18th gives the states exclusive power over alcohol.
Twenty-First Amendment
Section 1
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2
The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Section 3
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
No interstate commerce law is ever going to cancel a Constitution Amendment.