News you can use. US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
Writing for a three-judge panel, Circuit Judge Edith Hollan Jones said the ban actually reduced tax revenue by preventing distilling in the first place, unlike laws that regulated the manufacture and labeling of distilled spirits on which the government could collect taxes.
She also said that under the government’s logic, Congress could criminalize virtually any in-home activity that might escape notice from tax collectors, including remote work and home-based businesses.
If they could outlaw something, just because that means they can't tax it, they could outlaw your garden, you fruit trees, whatever. You're eating veggies you didn't pay taxes on.
To say nothing of home brewing or winemaking.
Not an issue I'm invested in, but I am in favor of liberty. (Hat tip to M D Campbell on X)
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