and even today, 50 years after they were founded, as they re celebrating their 50th anniversary of being in business with the collapsible doggie bowl and all the rest ofit, even today grendel s den has a site supporting their case on their website. it s the same place where you can buy the shot glasses and the onesies and everything else. they have a link for that citation to that court case because they re very proud of that case. because they won that case. massachusetts law said the state, the government, had the power to give or withhold a license to serve liquor, which you need in order to operate a bar. but massachusetts then delegated effectively that power to a private entity, to churches. the holy cross armenian catholic church used that power to say that grendel s den could not have a liquor license.
with the collapsible doggie bowl and all the rest of it, even today grendel s den has a site supporting their case on their website. it s the same place where you can buy the shot glasses and the onesies and everything else. they have a link for that citation to that court case because they re very proud of that case. because they won that case. massachusetts law said the state, the government, had the power to give or withhold a license to serve liquor, which you need in order to operate a bar. but massachusetts then delegated effectively that power to a private entity, to churches. the holy cross armenian catholic church used that power to say that grendel s den could not have a liquor license. grendel s den sued. they got a really good, somewhat famous lawyer to argue their
0 that is all in for this tuesday evening, the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. good evening chris, thank you my friend. much appreciated. happy to join you this hour. president biden was in new york and of hurricane ida hitting just those two states. that extreme flash flooding that tore through the most populated part of the country last wednesday night, president biden today meeting with local officials and local residents about the ongoing cleanup efforts there. president biden was in louisiana on friday where 400,000 americans are now in their second week without power amid extreme heat in louisiana and extremely challenging conditions, conditions that get more and more challenging with each day passing with the power still not returned. reviewing the damage today, president biden said, quote, the evidence is clear. climb change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy. the threat is here. it s not going to get any better. the storms are