Supreme Court will review Alaska's bid to seize pilot's plane over 6-pack of beer: "This case isn't just about me"
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The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, argues that taking his 1969 Cessna would violate the Eighth Amendment's "Excessive Fines Clause."

The pilot wasn’t even aware! It was amongst a passenger’s groceries…

In April 2012, Jouppi was preparing to fly a passenger from Fairbanks to a remote village, Beaver, where alcohol was banned. The passenger had packed beer with other groceries in her luggage. State Police troopers searched Jouppi’s plane before it departed and spotted a six-pack of Budweiser in a shopping bag. This article could go in many communities but I figured this one suits.

    • IWW4@lemmy.zipEnglish
      191·
      15 hours ago

      Oh man!! So this could threaten air travel for a huge region.

      Such bad news. America and the Byzantine bullshit rules about alcohol sales is bizarre.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 hours ago

        So this could threaten air travel for a huge region.

        Also known as just “travel” because we’re talking about places with literally no way in or out except by plane. (Okay, and maybe hiking, dogsled in winter, or something like that. Point is, no roads.) That’s why somebody was apparently going grocery shopping by plane in the first place.

      • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
        19·
        15 hours ago

        Most of the bans are in Native Alaskan communities who don’t have the resources to deal with alcohol, so they ban it instead. The ability to ban is codified in state law, so the state assists with enforcing the ban. It is the reason why an Alaskan State Police officer conducted the search.