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Occupational licensing has run amok.  Nearly a third of Americans need government permission in the form of a "license," just to lawfully do their job.  These laws contribute to what Timothy Sandefur has called a "Permission Society," and they make it harder for people to earn a living.  Worse, they are often enacted at the behest of interest gr ...

When Luke Skywalker crash-landed on Yoda's swampy planet, Luke turned to R2D2 and said, "If you're saying that coming here was a bad idea, I'm starting to agree with you." George Lucas may be starting to feel the same regret about the location of his proposed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Lucas entered into an agreement with Chicago to build ...

Author: Joshua Thompson The Supreme Court handed down its decision today in Lewis v. City of Chicago. The issue before the Court concerned the statute of limitations for disparate impact claims. Specifically, at what point did the statute begin to run -- when Chicago announced the results of its test, or did the statute run anew each time the ...

Author: Ralph W. Kasarda The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Lewis v. City of Chicago. In this case, African-American fire department applicants sued the City of Chicago under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They claimed that a written examination was discriminatory when it resulted in Chicago's decision to ...