Kavanaugh Wrongly Claims He Could Legally Drink in Maryland
The state’s drinking age increased to 21 at the end of his junior year, while he was still 17.
Brett Kavanaugh.
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Boston (AP) -- Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has readily acknowledged that he often drank beer during his prep school days and made a point in his congressional testimony that seniors could buy beer legally in Maryland at the age of 18.
But Kavanaugh was never a legal drinker in that state when he was a high schooler — he was still 17 when that state's drinking age was increased to 21 on July 1, 1982. Anyone who turned 18 after that date, including Kavanaugh's classmates, also would have been unable to drink legally in the state.