Id. is used to refer to the last case or statute cited, rather than rewrite the entire citation again. It is Latin for idem, meaning the same.. RT stands for Reporter's Transcript meaning it is the transcript of a proceeding as transcribed by a court reporter, hence the date and page number.
Unintended Consequences is a novel by John Ross, first published in 1996 by Accurate Press. The story chronicles the history of the gun culture, gun rights, and gun control in the United States from the early 1900s through the late 1990s. Although clearly a work of fiction, the story is heavily laced with historical information, including real-life historical figures who play minor supporting roles.
A deadly riot in Portland in 1855 lead to the law's repeal. Now, Prohibition was being implemented on a national scale, and being enshrined in the Constitution no less. What followed was a litany of unintended consequences. This should have come as no surprise with a venture as experimental as Prohibition. It is no mistake that President Herbert Hoover's 1928 description of Prohibition as a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose entered the popular lexicon as the noble experiment.