Supreme Court Voids Residency Rule for Liquor Store Owners (2)

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Tennessee law that imposed residency requirements on people seeking to run liquor stores, saying the measure unconstitutionally discriminated against out-of-state business people.

Tennessee required people to live in the state for two years to get a retail liquor license and for 10 years to get a license renewed.

Writing for the 7-2 court, Justice Samuel Alito said the states can’t engage in economic protectionism in their liquor regulations.

A liquor trade group that supported the law had argued that the Constitution’s 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition in 1933, overrides the usual protections for ...