Summary
Beer wholesalers contend that alcohol legislation they are pushing on Capitol Hill would safeguard state and local rights - but in reality, it is designed to simply serve the wholesalers' special interests.
Wholesalers crafted the text of the Community Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act (H.R. 1161, aka, the CARE Act) to appear very similar to language in a 2005 Supreme Court case, Graholm v. Heald, which addressed direct shipping of wine from wineries to consumers and retailers. Wholesalers would like lawmakers to believe that means the bill upholds that legal precedent.See the full content of this document
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In reality, the CARE Act promises substantial change that could reverse market-based - and consumer-friendly - policy trends produced by Granholm. This case addressed laws in Michigan and New York that applied differential treatment to in-...
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