Paul Ryan's Poverty Plan: Good on Incarceration, Licensing, Perverse Incentives; Not So Good on Paternalism
What's worthwhile in the Wisconsin congressman's proposals, and what's not
Occupational Licensing
How Tacky T-shirts Became Contraband in New Orleans
Zoning enforcement is being used to rid the French Quarter of souvenir shops.
Let's Make 2014 the Year of Freedom for Low-Wage Workers
Our regulations price low-income people out of greater job potential. That is a crime.
Texas to Require Architects to Be Fingerprinted
Occupational licensing meets privacy violations
Federal Agencies Warn Americans Not to Just Stick Things in Their Eyes
What would we do without you?
How to Fix the Supreme Court
Institute for Justice lawyer Clark Neily on judicial activism, fundamental rights, and suing the government.
Monks Slay Regulatory Monopoly in Louisiana Casket Case
Supreme Court declines to intervene to maintain scheme to protect funeral industry control of manufacturing of wooden boxes
The Government Shutdown and Our Permission Society
Many private harms caused by the government shutdown are due to its own insistence on meddling in our lives
Who Decides Who Can Practice Law?
The federal government wants the final word on who states license to practice law. And it wants to keep undocumented immigrants out.
Missouri Lawmakers Relax Volunteers' Medical Malpractice Liability
Opening up the market for charitable work
D.C. Council Worries You Aren't Thinking Enough About That Tattoo, Wants You to Wait a Day
Do you really, really love her enough to ink her name into your shoulder?
Court Upholds Calif. Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy for Minors
Not a First Amendment issue because unlicensed practitioners can still offer it.
Tight Regulation Makes German Truck Drivers an Increasingly Rare Breed
Red-taped out of existence
Kentucky's Bizarre Moving Company Licensing Laws Land it in Federal Court
New companies are required to prove that there's a need for their services
Burdensome Licensing Laws Close Off Opportunity in New Mexico
And limit competition to existing businesses
Judge Blocks License Requirements for St. Louis Street Performers
Grants injunction asked for by ACLU
Banning Advice Columnists in the Name of Occupational Licensing
Kentucky takes First Amendment violations to the extreme.
