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Supreme Court Allows Direct Shipment of Wine

Posted by timothy on from the drink-up dept.

jrrl writes "For a while now, ordering wine (of the alcoholic variety, not the almost 0.9 variety) online has been a somewhat dicey proposition in some states. But today, the Supreme Court overturned state laws that disallowed direct shipment of wine from out of state. Their reasoning is that the states' 'authority to regulate the sale of alcohol within their borders' under the 21st Amendment does not supersede 'the Constitution's ban on state discrimination against interstate commerce.' States could still disallow all direct shipments, but at least they have to be evenhanded now."

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  1. Whew... by nerd256 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I guess we can count on the courts to protect us from those M$-biased, patent hoarding, big business Congressmen trying to shut down the open source movement!

    Ok, I bet I'm not the only one who misinterpreted the headline. But seriously, why is this on Slashdot, and why is it under YRO? Are the editors even trying?

  2. Re:So what? by grasshoppa · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Why is anything relating to beer considered Slashdot material, yet something relating to rights of products purchased over the internet not slashdot material when it references wine?

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  3. Re:What are you talking about? by Quirk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    J.P. Morgan said it long ago... "Canada is a very nice country and we intend to keep it that way."

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  4. Wine on CD by tepples · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You can just download it. Why make a big deal about shipping it?

    Some people feel good about having a high-quality stamped CD, a printed manual, and a support contract.

    Others just want to get a buzz :-)

  5. Re:So what? by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Why is anything relating to beer considered Slashdot material, yet something relating to rights of products purchased over the internet not slashdot material when it references wine?"

    Being contrarian earns mod points. For example: We're all supposed to be tech loving nerds, right? When a cool cell phone comes along, there's a tradition of some git saying "but I want Fred Flinstone's Cell phone!", and his post is modded up.

    The real question I have is whether or not he would have posted that if the karma system didn't exist.

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