Hawke v. Smith,  253 U.S. 221 (1920), was a challenge to the constitutionality of a state referendum to overturn the Ohio legislature's vote to adopt the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (the "Prohibition Amendment").
In Hawke v. Smith, 253 U.S. 221 (1920), there was an argument regarding the constitutionality of a state referendum aimed at reversing Ohio's decision on the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (the "Prohibition Amendment").