December 1926 Issue [Article] Our predicament under the Eighteenth Amendment Download PDF Adjust Share by Walter Lippmann, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 20th century Irving Fisher Liquor laws Nullification Prohibition United States United StatesConstitution18th amendment More from Walter Lippmann Fifty-One Percent During the Dayton trial there was much discussion about what had happened to William Jennings Bryan. How had a progressive democrat become so illiberal? How did it happen that the… Why should the majority rule? Why should the majority rule? Adjust Share