Bootleggers may not be getting the boot much longer. In April, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans deemed a 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling unconstitutional. The legislation was first put in place in 1868 during Reconstruction and aimed to curtail liquor tax evasion. Deciding in favor of the Hobby Distillers Association (HDA), the appellate court ruled that the ban…