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With a little luck and a lot of deliberate action, there will come a day when this list will be a thing of the past but States and localities seized this opportunity and rushed today, let’s sit back, crack open a hard cider and have a in to f㘶ll the regulatory void left when the federal good laugh scream. [...] By 1968, the Mixed Beverage Act gave weapons during altercations.”5 Yes, you heard that right: municipalities the autonomy to decide the ratios potential pitcher violence is the o㘠陦cial reason for the for themselves but it also introduced the rule that rule. [...] Idaho insists on enforcing of the general public.” The brewery brought a First the rule, which means both infusions and barrel-aged Amendment lawsuit against the “Wolverine State” and cocktails are forbidden in the “Gem State.” prevailed in court.19 Michigan doubled down on its label enforcement when it forbade in-state Founder’s The state claims that it needs the law to protect Brewing Co. [...] Once they do not want to.24 As the Institute for Justice, which taxes and the government’s mark-up are skimmed is challenging the law in court, has pointed out: This is of㘶 the top, distillers only receive 46 percent of the a hard thing to do since Minnesota has a harsh climate purchase price back.28 for grapes, which restricts the selection available. [...] is limited by the state’s 50 percent grape mandate.25 The state justif㘶es its approach to farm wineries as part of an ef㘶ort to “nurture grape growing and winemaking” in the state but in reality, they’re doing the opposite by forcing Minnesota winemakers to make less-delicious wine.26 24 See, e.g., Minn.