S.J. Res. 211 — repeal and state-convention requirement

Annotation

Primary evidence for the convention mechanism and the limits of Repeal; it does not document the political coalition.

Challenges Claims

Citations

S.J. Res. 211 — convention ratification and repeal text

Context

This is the complete primary legal instrument proposed by Congress on February 20, 1933.

Excerpt ID

1586

Excerpt Text

The enrolled resolution repeals the Eighteenth Amendment, preserves state import controls, and requires convention ratification in three-fourths of the states within seven years.

Literature Notes

Locator End

Locator Start

1

Locator Type

Page

Originating Working Notes

Page (text)

Source

No access

Source Section

Sections 1–3

Supports Claims

Repeal required organized mobilization and a workable constitutional mechanismRepeal advanced through a deliberately chosen state-convention ratification mechanismThe Twenty-First Amendment ended national constitutional Prohibition on December 5, 1933 without eliminating state alcohol authority

Tags

American Whiskey History and Culture

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