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>They've successfully gotten a number of these stupid licenses struck down. Can you share which ones?

Matticus_Rex 8y ago
Makeup licensing in NC: https://ij.org/case/north-carolina-makeup-schools/ https://ij.org/case/north-carolina-makeup-schools/ Eyebrow threading in Louisiana: https://ij.org/case/louisiana-threading/ https://ij.org/case/louisiana-threading/ Casket sales in Alabama (after the attention on the case, the AL legislature changed the law): https://ij.org/case/alabama-caskets/ https://ij.org/case/alabama-caskets/ Hair braiding in Iowa (after attention on the case, the governor used line-item veto to remove the offending provisions in a bill): https://ij.org/press-release/victory-african-style-hair-braiders-iowa/ https://ij.org/press-release/victory-african-style-hair-brai... Hair braiding in Arkansas (after attention on the case, legislators sponsored new legislation to change the treatment of hair braiding under the law): https://ij.org/case/arkansas-hair-braiding/ https://ij.org/case/arkansas-hair-braiding/ Hair braiding in Washington (the Department of Licensing changed its rules in response to being sued): https://ij.org/case/washington-african-hair-braiding/ https://ij.org/case/washington-african-hair-braiding/ Animal massage therapy in Arizona: https://ij.org/case/azmassage/ https://ij.org/case/azmassage/ Hair braiding in Texas (struck down in Federal court and then fully deregulated by the legislature afterward): https://ij.org/case/txbraiding/ https://ij.org/case/txbraiding/ That's the last 5 years or so of won cases just on this issue. They also take on civil asset forfeiture and legislated monopolies (such as taxi companies that have been given an exclusive license to a city), among a few other issues.
- someone7x 8y ago
  That's an uncomfortable number of laws against African-style braiding. Is licensure the new oppression meta?
  - Matticus_Rex 8y ago
    It's mostly just overbreadth of hairdressing laws -- legislators (largely white males) don't think about putting in exceptions for certain types of what they consider hairdressing, so it ends up covering braiding. You then get an entrenched oligopoly of companies that have jumped through the hoops and provide the service and therefore don't want the competition from unlicensed people, so the law (even if it came into being through ignorance) gains supporters with a vested interest in keeping the status quo.

Makeup licensing in NC: https://ij.org/case/north-carolina-makeup-schools/ https://ij.org/case/north-carolina-makeup-schools/ Eyebrow threading in Louisiana: https://ij.org/case/louisiana-threading/ https://ij.org/case/louisiana-threading/ Casket sales in Alabama (after the attention on the case, the AL legislature changed the law): https://ij.org/case/alabama-caskets/ https://ij.org/case/alabama-caskets/ Hair braiding in Iowa (after attention on the case, the governor used line-item veto to remove the offending provisions in a bill): https://ij.org/press-release/victory-african-style-hair-braiders-iowa/ https://ij.org/press-release/victory-african-style-hair-brai... Hair braiding in Arkansas (after attention on the case, legislators sponsored new legislation to change the treatment of hair braiding under the law): https://ij.org/case/arkansas-hair-braiding/ https://ij.org/case/arkansas-hair-braiding/ Hair braiding in Washington (the Department of Licensing changed its rules in response to being sued): https://ij.org/case/washington-african-hair-braiding/ https://ij.org/case/washington-african-hair-braiding/ Animal massage therapy in Arizona: https://ij.org/case/azmassage/ https://ij.org/case/azmassage/ Hair braiding in Texas (struck down in Federal court and then fully deregulated by the legislature afterward): https://ij.org/case/txbraiding/ https://ij.org/case/txbraiding/ That's the last 5 years or so of won cases just on this issue. They also take on civil asset forfeiture and legislated monopolies (such as taxi companies that have been given an exclusive license to a city), among a few other issues.

someone7x 8y ago
That's an uncomfortable number of laws against African-style braiding. Is licensure the new oppression meta?
- Matticus_Rex 8y ago
  It's mostly just overbreadth of hairdressing laws -- legislators (largely white males) don't think about putting in exceptions for certain types of what they consider hairdressing, so it ends up covering braiding. You then get an entrenched oligopoly of companies that have jumped through the hoops and provide the service and therefore don't want the competition from unlicensed people, so the law (even if it came into being through ignorance) gains supporters with a vested interest in keeping the status quo.