On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 20:16:29 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

I suppose if then were now, a federal judge could come along and order
the grocery stores to start carrying/selling beer and ordering the city
council to approve permits to open liquor stores.



How interesting. What part of the Constitution, Amendments, or civil
rights legislation would that fall under?

Equal protection under the law from state to state and the full faith
and credit right. I am legally allowed to drink in Florida so I should
be able to drink in a dry county in some other fumbuck state.
Drinking is certainly as protected as homosexuality. (neither of which
are mentioned in the constitution and both are discouraged by some
religions)