What’s Good For The Glass . . .
In a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court, has just brightened the glassy eyed smile of wine aficionados and everyone else who enjoys a nice Merlot, by striking down what had been the ongoing attempts of several state governments to interfere with and prohibit their Citizen Consumers from purchasing their favorite out-of-state wine via the internet or otherwise.
The Court’s opinion stated that states cannot ban out-of-state wineries from shipping directly to their residents, if the state permits in-state wineries to undertake such shipping. The rejection by the highest Court in the land of a state’s ability to impede in, interfere with and prevent the free market from taking its course, within its own borders may bode well for the independent tobacco manufacturers and retailers who are engaged in litigation across the country against 46 state governments who are running protection for their Comrades in Collusion Big Tobacco, in support of the largest Stealth Partnership ever – the Big Tobacco Settlement of 1998 (“Master Settlement Agreement”), more truthfully entitled, the Master Partnership Agreement.
It remains to be seen whether the high Court’s striking down of a state’s ability to interfere in and obstruct the free market, will result in the same sort of sales tax witch hunt tactics against internet wine Citizen Consumers which have recently been instituted against a large number of Citizen Consumers who have purchased cigarettes over the internet.
Take Back Your State… SGA