Seminar proposal: The Potable Constitution

Looking for a new seminar? Or perhaps just some ways to jazz up your current constitutional law class? Even if you seek nothing more than a little humor and stimulation as you exercise your 21st amendment rights, you needn't look further than the Jurisdynamics Network. Herewith a modest proposal for a new offering.

The Potable Constitution

Malt does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to man

A.E. Housman, "Terence, This is Stupid Stuff"

According to Richard Hofstadter, the United States was born in the country and has moved to the city. As a result, the quest to divine meaning from the United States Constitution might more profitably speak of farmers' intent rather than framers' intent. This article proposes a seminar on The Potable Constitution, a tour of American constitutional law using naught but cases involving liquor, beer, wine, and milk.

Here's the syllabus. And when you've drunk your fill, perhaps you might care to go around the world in eighty centiliters.

Bottoms up!

Cross-posted from Jurisdynamics.