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Yesterday, by more than a 2-1 margin, Columbia SC voters approved a proposal to allow sales of beer and wine ? but not liquor ? on Sundays.

By Ann Bartow

Story here. Hope this doesn’t lead to dancing! Slowly but surely McGowan v. Maryland, in which the Supreme Court held that state “blue laws” which prohibited specific activities on Sundays or limited them to certain hours, places or conditions did not violate the Free Exercise and Religious Establishment clauses of the First Amendment, is unraveling. And by “slowly” I mean, yeesh, that case was decided 46 years ago.

Full post as published by Feminist Law Professors on April 02, 2008 (boomark / email).