Kevin Gowen wrote:


> I don't know of any blue law jurisdiction where violation is a jailable
> offense. Let's be honest, KWW. I also don't know of any blue law
> jurisdiction where there is the flat ban on commerce that your statement
> suggests. Such laws generally apply to the sale of alcohol in retail
> outlets. This was the case in Atlanta when I lived there. In one county,
> there was no sale of alcohol on Sunday. However, one could simply cross the
> county line to where alcohol was sold on Sunday. (Atlanta covers the
> intersection of several counties). Also, the blue laws in that county did
> not apply to alcohol served for consumption on a business's presence e.g. a
> restaurant that served alcohol.

Read McGowan v Maryland, and come back when you can deny the statement
that "the government has the right to jail you for selling goods and
services on a Sunday." . I didn't say that I was aware of a case where
they still did. I said that they had the right to do so. In Virginia, in
the 80's, they had blue aisles in the stores. In the blue aisles, you
could buy light bulbs, automotive batteries (but not motor oil),
weedkiller (but not fertilizer), food (but not candy). The rest of the
store was roped off. Why? Because selling motor oil, fertilizer, and
candy, along with hundreds of other items, was illegal on Sunday. The
laws were overturned by popular vote, but were never held to be
unconstitutional. The only case I could find where they were overturned
on constitutionality was at the state level, in the Arkansas case you so
conveniently trimmed, where it was overturned because the list of
proscribed items was vague, not because proscribing items for Sunday
sale was unconstitutional.I cannot find any traces of McGowan v.
Maryland ever being overturned.

KWW