Interstate wine sales

I sure hope the supreme court can show some judicial activism here! (via Marketwatch).

It's ridiculous to imagine a state of affairs as horrendous as it is in Pennsylvania. I routinely break the law and drive 20 min. to Delaware to shop for wine and beer since it's so extremely inconvenient and expensive here. Looking at the parking lot of "Total Wine"--which basically has its own exit off the Interstate that begins in PA--it seems like half of Philadelphia shops down there (the other half goes to NJ).

In PA, wine can be bought only in a socialist-style "liquor store" where you cannot buy beer. Beer can be bought from a pub or restaurant for around $2.00 a bottle or from beer distributors, where you have to buy it by the case. Beer distributors are not allowed to be open on Sundays, a law that was just upheld by the PA state legislature by a whopping 40-6 majority (WTF???). I hope the Supreme Court goes one further and designates the PA liquor board unconstitutional altogether: I mean, risking penalties by going to a neighboring state to buy wine?

Update: Over at Atrios, it seems like some people are against this in part because Ken Starr is representing the winemakers. I really don't care who's representing whom in this case if it can be the first step in breaking down this ridiculous state monopoly. Furthermore, I see this as being a poor vs rich argument. From the little experience I've been able to gain, my (probably unfounded) generalization has been that it's the wealthy who drive up to Springfield Distribution in their SUVs because they're off work by 7:00PM and on Saturdays. It's the poor who stumble into Omega Pizza at night to buy their 40s at hyperinfllated prices. So, if anything, this should be something we all should support, though we would rather not see Starr win any judicial case ever.