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The Constitution of the United States of America
Additional Amendments, Amendment XVIII, Section 3
Introduction:
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1919, established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States. Section 3 of this amendment specifically addresses the enforcement of prohibition, stating that the amendment would take effect one year after its ratification. This section also outlines the responsibilities of Congress to enforce the provisions of the amendment through appropriate legislation. The 18th Amendment was later repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933, marking the end of the prohibition era.
Actual Text:
“This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress. ”
