On Friday, a federal appeals court struck down a nearly 160-year-old federal law prohibiting people from distilling liquor in their own home.  That’s a fairly momentous event in its own right — any claim that a law that’s been on the books since Reconstructio…

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On Friday, a federal appeals court struck down a nearly 160-year-old federal law prohibiting people from distilling liquor in th…