Granholm v Heald: Is the Supreme Court Encouraging Underage Drinking?
By admin on May 16, 2005 at 10:32 am
Fred Barbash of the Washington Post incorrectly reported on Day-to-Day on NPR today that the decision did not address whether online sales of wine might encourage underage drinking. The Court did indeed discuss that issue:
The States, aided by several amici, claim that allowing direct shipment from out-of-state wineries undermines their ability to police underage drinking. Minors, the States argue, have easy access to credit cards and the Internet and are likely to take advantage of direct wineshipments as a means of obtaining alcohol illegally.
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