Posted on 02/23/2015 9:36:15 AM PST by Olog-hai
The Supreme Court has rejected a free-speech appeal from guides in New Orleans who object to having to be licensed to lead tours.
The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place lower court rulings that said the licensing requirements do not violate the First Amendment. …
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That which is not mandatory is prohibited.
They need to elect people who don’t think they should be licensed because anyone who expects this SCOTUS to help them is crazy
Apparently in Charleston, SC also.
Show proficiency in the history of the area.
Freedom? That’s so...18th century.
To work: unions vs. right-to-work, work permit/w-2
travel: TSA, drivers license, plates, registration
house-work: permits, studies
internet: Google, NSA
....
I think the list of where Freedom (is still ‘allowed’) exists would be shorter
It’s easy to knee-jerk this issue as another case of gov’t intrusion & over-regulation, and I might be tempted to do it under some circumstances, myself. However...
We visited New Orleans a couple of years ago. My wife wanted to see some of the historic cemeteries there, so we signed on for a paid walking-tour. When we entered the first cemetery, heated words were exchanged between our guide and a rather seedy-appearing person who showed up out of nowhere and seemed to want to show the group around. I didn’t know what the deal was at the time, but, in retrospect, the gist of their discussion hinted that it did appear to be a “licensing” issue.
New Orleans is a high-crime area, and it’s not inconceivable that predators could follow you into a cemetery and pressure you for $ for a ‘tour’, or worse. Having an authorized guide in a situation like this is comforting that keeps apprehension at a reasonable level.
Don’t know if this is the actual scenario discussed in the legal case, but it could well be.
More government does not solve that problem. It only makes more government.
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