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Supreme Court case highlights irrationality of home distilling ban

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<p>Years ago, I bought a contraption designed to separate and concentrate the most volatile components of a liquid mixture. I would tell you what I did with it, but I don't want to implicate myself in a federal felony.</p><p>Since 1868, it has been <a class="Link" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5178" target="_blank" >illegal</a> for Americans to locate a "distilled spirits plant" in "any dwelling place," an offense <a class="Link" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5601" target="_blank" >punishable</a> by a maximum $10,000 fine and up to five years in prison…

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    Supreme Court case highlights irrationality of home distilling ban

    <p>Years ago, I bought a contraption designed to separate and concentrate the most volatile components of a liquid mixture. I would tell you what I did with it, but I don't want to implicate myself in a federal felony.</p><p>Since 1868, it has been <a class="Link"...

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