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If you are running one of Montana's small businesses licensed for adult beverage sales or gaming, you know you answer to municipal, county and state authorities.
Even though the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution clearly grants states the power to regulate alcohol manufacture, distribution, sales and consumption—a power reaffirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in May of 2005—the federal government nonetheless continues to encroach on states' authority in this area.
It does so in the realm of legal gambling as well, such as when it enacts laws governing tribal and Internet gambling.
Adoption of a national drinking age and a national .08 percent blood alcohol content standard for DUI conviction are but two of the most prominent examples. And while the federal government may have technically skirted problems with unconstitutionally abrogating states rights by leveraging states themselves to adopt federal standards through threatening to withhold federal funds, Congress has imposed its will just the same.
In this section we'll gather reports about federal actions and national issues pertinent to liquor and gaming businesses. |
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