Hawaiian Rum Company Challenges the Jones Act | Why the Jones Act? | Koloa Rum v Kristi Noem

Why is the Rum Gone?
February 28, 2025

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the Koloa Rum Company suing the United States to repeal the cabotage provision of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (aka the Jones Act) under the Port Preference Clause of the US Constitution.

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00:00 Introduction
02:56 The Case - Koloa Rum Company v Kristi Noem
06:09 The Purpose of the Jones Act
13:16 Advantage of the Jones Act for Hawaii
21:00 False Information Regarding the Jones Act in the Case
28:21 Is the Jones Act Unconstitutional and What Koloa Rum Should be Doing?

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