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.

    • slothrop @lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Hey, thanks!
      I had 0 idea that the link wasn’t in the post. I’ve edited… cheers

    • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
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      4 days ago

      What’s especially stupid about this to me is that I think the effort of keeping alcohol out of the dry community should be on that community rather than the pilot. Why should the pilot become the village’s law enforcement?

      If this were hard drugs that are already illegal at the federal level, fine; but that’s a totally different discussion.