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  2. Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Eighteenth Amendment was the result of decades of effort by the temperance movement in the United States and at the time was generally considered a progressive amendment. [1] Founded in 1893 in Saratoga, New York, the Anti-Saloon League (ASL) started in 1906 a campaign to ban the sale of alcohol at the state level.

  3. Constitution of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The second amendment proposed to require judges of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore County to have a Maryland state law license and to be a current member of the Maryland Bar. [12] The amendment was approved with 88.1% of the vote. [10] The third amendment proposed to change the point at which an elected official charged with certain crimes is ...

  4. McCulloch v. Maryland - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 October 2024. 1819 United States Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 21 – March 3, 1819 Decided March 6, 1819 Full case name James McCulloch v. The State of Maryland, John James [a] Citations 17 U.S. 316 (more) 4 Wheat. 316; 4 L. Ed. 579; 1819 ...

  5. Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Defender Of The 18th Amendment, from Klansmen: Guardians of Liberty published by the Pillar of Fire Church. Once Prohibition came into effect, the majority of U.S. citizens obeyed it. [20] Some states like Maryland and New York refused Prohibition. [102] Enforcement of the law under the Eighteenth Amendment lacked a centralized authority.

  6. US Supreme Court turns away gun law challenges in Delaware ...

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    The justices also rejected an appeal by a gun rights group called Maryland Shall Issue and other plaintiffs of a lower court's ruling that upheld the state's licensing law as permissible under the ...

  7. House Republicans now have one of the smallest majorities in ...

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    Congress passed the Selective Service Act in May 1917 that set up the draft, sent the 18th Amendment to the states prohibiting the sale of alcohol and passed multiple bills authorizing war bonds.

  8. Maryland Declaration of Rights - Wikipedia

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    The Maryland Declaration of Right was created at the 1776 Assembly of Freemen in Annapolis. On August 1, 1776, freemen with property in Maryland elected 76 delegates.They met from August 14 to November 11 and during that time drafted and approved the new Maryland's first constitution—of which the Declaration of Rights is the lead statement. [1]

  9. Maryland passed a strict gun licensing law after Sandy Hook ...

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    A federal appeals court struck down Maryland’s licensing requirements for handgun owners Tuesday, citing a 2022 landmark ruling by the conservative-majority US Supreme Court.