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> I guess the goal was to sober people up for Monday's workweek.

No.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law

Still enforced where I live, in Bergen County, NJ. A suburb of NYC. All retail outlets (other than groceries and restaurants) must be closed on Sunday. Definitely no alcohol sales.

> Anyways, he vigorous enforced this law.. playing into my original observation that he wanted this law rolled back.

The laws are still vigorously enforced and I don't think they're doing it because they want it repealed. Although they're enforcing them for entirely different reasons.




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