The Supreme Court said states can’t discriminate in alcohol sales. They’re doing it anyway.

The Supreme Court said states can’t discriminate in alcohol sales. They’re doing it anyway.

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the seminal Granholm v. Heald case, in which the United States Supreme Court struck down protectionist alcohol shipping laws that discriminated against out-of-state wineries. Seen at the time as a harbinger of a truly national e-commerce marketplace for alcoholic beverages, Granholm continues to be treated more like a legal inconvenience than a binding precedent by lower courts. In Granholm, numerous wine…