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Home distilling hits a wall of government overreach and confusion

Robert Alt May 01, 2026

The Hill first published this opinion piece.

“The federal law prohibiting home distilling is un-American in both its spirit and letter. It is also unconstitutional.” In McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice and Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury—The Buckeye Institute’s two home-distilling challenges, “we enjoy a brand-new opportunity for the Supreme Court to check congressional authority under the Commerce Clause, while applying proper limits under the taxing and Necessary and Proper Clauses to boot — something we should all toast together.”

Read Robert Alt’s full piece at The Hill