volstead act is in charge of enforcing the 18th amendment.
volstead act is in charge of enforcing the 18th amendment.
who is in charge of enforcing the 18th amendment?
volstead act
by late fall, it was clear to many leaders in congress that the "wet" movement already had majority support. polls of candidates for congress showed that at least 80 percent of them supported repeal of the 18th amendment. rep. john w. summers (r-wash.), "dry" chair of the house judiciary committee, now believed it was inevitable that the 18th amendment would be resubmitted to the states. speaker of the house john nance garner believed congress would approve the sale of beer by the end of the session. prominent "wets" in the senate were less hopeful, as their forces were divided between supporting modification of the volstead act and outright repeal of the 18th amendment.
blaine act
in the case of ohio and the 18th amendment, the legislature ratified the amendment and, before the ninety-day waiting period had passed, the secretary of state, robert lansing, declared the 18th amendment to be in effect. meanwhile, a petition was signed by at least six percent of the voters and, in the ensuing referendum, a majority of ohio voters voted against prohibition, seemingly invalidating the passage of the 18th amendment. the controversy regarding this situation eventually led to a court case which made it to the u.s. supreme court.
hawke v. smith