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Uploaded by on Mar 5, 2010

http://www.ij.org/la_florists

Should the government have the power to say who may or may not become a florist? Or do Americans have the right to pursue the occupation of their choice free from such excessive and arbitrary government roadblocks? To arrange and sell flowers in Louisiana, aspiring florists must first obtain a government-issued license by passing a subjective examination that is judged by their future competition—florists who hold a government-issued license.

Louisiana is the only state in the nation that requires would-be entrepreneurs to pass a licensing exam before they can create and sell floral arrangements. If Louisiana can license florists, there is no limit to what it can license or to the burdens it can impose on honest, productive livelihoods

On March 4, 2010, the Institute for Justice filed a civil rights lawsuit, Chauvin v. Strain, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against the Commissioners of the Louisiana Horticulture Commission seeking to have Louisianas anti-entrepreneur, anti-competitive, and anti-consumer florist licensing scheme declared unconstitutional. Among our sacred rights as American citizens is the ability to earn a living in the occupation of our choice free from arbitrary or unreasonable government interference. By presuming to determine who is good enough to work in a harmless occupation like floristry, Louisiana violates that right.

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  • You guys at the IJ are really some of my personal heroes.

  • Government sucks!

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  • Why aren't these people in prison. I just saw them break the law!

    Fact is, EVERYONE knows that selling illegal floral arrangements is nothing more than a gateway crime that WILL inevitably lead to further, more zany illegal antics like jaywalking, making prank phone calls, ripping the tags off mattresses, breaking up six packs of cola for individual resale, and streaking the Super Bowl.

    We need to nip this in the (flower) bud while we can.

  • makes you wonder, where we're  going, doesn't it?

  • FLOWERS now?? Jesus, will this licensing nonsense never end?

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