Chip Mellor's Legacy Promotes a Broader Concept of Civil Liberties
For more than three decades, the Institute for Justice has shown that economic freedom and private property are essential safeguards for ordinary Americans.
For more than three decades, the Institute for Justice has shown that economic freedom and private property are essential safeguards for ordinary Americans.
State boards use outdated laws to target content creators, raising urgent questions about free speech in the digital age.
A new report ranks the states on their occupational licensing requirements.
The lethal consequences of a common, obscure hospital licensing law.
Supporters say the measure will uphold “social justice,” but research shows licensing requirements don’t always work as intended.
Louisiana lawmakers approved a bill to end the testing requirement for florists. Going forward, only a fee will be required.
D.C.'s new degree requirements could lead to job losses, increased operating costs, and higher tuition.
David Knott helps clients retrieve unclaimed property from the government. The state has made it considerably harder for him to do that.
A Cato Institute policy brief found that while licensed occupations see a nice bump in pay, licensing requirements lower wages for other similar occupations.
As remote work becomes the new normal, Mississippi's insistence on an archaic 50-mile radius for real estate supervision faces scrutiny.
The state’s policies and practices seemed designed to strangle the legal cannabis supply.
Bryn Green wants to start a sugaring business, but the state’s occupational licensing regime requires her to spend thousands on irrelevant training. Now she's suing.
New York City no longer requires a permission slip to sell to the highest bidder.
Despite their popularity, food trucks at the National Mall are paying a hefty price to operate.
On September 5, the Keystone State is removing a big barrier to health care.
"Government in general does a lot of things that aren't necessary," says Jared Polis.
Even if background check applicants are guilty of wrongdoing, imposing lifetime bans on gainful employment is not a good policy.
New York politicians got out of the way for once, and something beautiful happened.
Certificate of need laws hurt consumers by decreasing the supply of services, raising prices, and lowering service quality.
New research by legal scholar Kyle Roxzema finds that bar exam requirements reduce the number of lawyers by 16%, and even variations in the difficulty of exam requirements have big effects.
More than two years after legalizing recreational use, the state has just a dozen licensed retailers.
The state’s Supreme Court strikes down an absurd, unneeded occupational licensing demand.
The court so holds applying the Georgia Constitution's Due Process Clause, which the court had long interpreted as securing a right to pursue a lawful occupation.
Proponents say that the bills would ensure the quality of fishing and hunting guides, but occupational licensing doesn't tend to work that way.
Other states would do well to enact similar reforms.
Excessive government interference in the market hurts consumers and thwarts policy goals. It also gets in the way of the government itself.
You shouldn't need permission to make a living.
Politicians say they want to subsidize various industries, but they sabotage themselves by weighing the policies down with rules that have nothing to do with the plans.
D.C. is destroying its thriving cannabis industry with bureaucracy and red tape.
The state will fast-track applicants who have out-of-state credentials or experience.
In a budget address, Gov. Sununu promised legislation to allow some out-of-state licenses, abolish others.
Floridians will bear the cost of DeSantis currying favor with immigration restrictionists.
More leaders should follow in the footsteps of Govs. Josh Shapiro, Larry Hogan, and Spencer Cox.
While not a cure-all, universal recognition reduces the costs and time commitments of mandated training.
New mechanisms to threaten liberty are brought to bear on those who need the government's permission to do their jobs.
Nearly 20 months after the state legalized recreational use, no licensed pot shops have opened, but the black market is booming.
The biggest beneficiaries of economic growth are poor people. But the deepest case for economic growth is a moral one.
He's fully licensed, but not in the right state.
Businesses are all in favor of competition, tax cuts, and deregulation only until they aren't—meaning only until subsidies might benefit them.
Even if credentialed teachers help kids learn more, it’s not worth making D.C. day cares prohibitively expensive and pushing experienced teachers out of jobs.
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Why should the government care if massage therapists can speak English?
Licensing authorities are penalizing Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn for referring to himself as a professional engineer while his license was briefly expired.
A Florida woman has been threatened with fines for giving tips without the proper occupational licensing.