Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
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The original Voluntary Committee of Lawyers (VCL) was founded in 1927 to bring about the repeal of prohibition and the Volstead Act. The VCL provided legal support for the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, an umbrella organization that opposed prohibition. With its urging, the American Bar Association called for repeal in 1928. Under the leadership of Joseph H. Choate, Jr., lawyers in every state were actively involved in working to bring about repeal, which occurred in 1933. At that time, the VCL closed its books and ceased to exist.[1][2]
Modern incarnation
A modern version of the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers was incorporated in 1996, established through its founding committee, including former U.S. Attorneys General Elliot Richardson and Nicholas Katzenbach, former American Bar Association President George Bushnell, former federal judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. and labor lawyer Theodore W. Kheel. The modern VCL was inspired by the earlier group of the same name, but focused on the modern war on drugs.[1][3][4]
See also
References
- ^ a b David M. Fahey, Jon S. Miller, eds., Alcohol and Drugs in North America: A Historical Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2013), ISBN 978-1598844795, pp. 735-736. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ^ Robert Fredrick Burk, The Corporate State and the Broker State: The Du Ponts and American National Politics, 1925-1940 (Harvard University Press, 1990), ISBN 978-0674172722, pp.57 & passim. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ^ "Why Do Some Personal Injury Cases Go to Trial?". 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ Robert Hirshon, "Legalizing Marijuana: An Issue That Just Won't Go Away", CNBC, April 20, 2010.
External links
- The VCL: Architects of Repeal
- Hanson, Ph.D., David J. (19 September 2019). "Voluntary Committee of Lawyers". AlcoholProblemsandSolutions.org. State University of New York.
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