Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Home Distilling Ban and Admissions Policy Challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in two significant cases. One case, Department of Justice v. McNutt, will examine whether a Reconstruction-era federal law banning home distilling of alcoholic spirits represents an unconstitutional use of Congress's power to levy taxes. The other, Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education, challenges a facially neutral admissions policy for public magnet middle school programs as racially discriminatory, requiring the plaintiff to establish an aggregate disparate impact on a targeted racial group.