Repeal of Prohibition

"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 The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.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."

The Twenty-first AmendmentFirst AmendmentProtects religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition against government interference. It restrains government, not private companies or employers.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) repealed Prohibition (the Eighteenth Amendment) while letting states regulate alcohol within their borders.