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Volume 19 Issue 5  Victory Blooms for Floral Entrepreneurs in New Orleans 2 Fiscally Responsible: IJ Earns Top Marks for the 9th Straight Year From Charity Navigator 3 D.C. Tour Guides Challenge Occupational Licensing Law 6 Persistence Pays: IJ “Clean Elections” Case Could Head to U.S. Supreme Court 8 October 2010 Published Bimonthly by the Institute for Justice  visit us online: www.ij.org Inside This Issue By Jeff Rowes Y oukn owthat no on ei ss afe fr ombure aucrats andindust rycartelswhenthego vernme ntstarts goingaftermonks.Butthat’swhatishappeningin Louisian a,andsoIJha scometother escueofSaint  JosephAbbe yinourlatesteco nomiclibertycase. Fo llo win gana nci entt ra dit ion of se lf- re lia nce, AbbotJustin Brownan dhis35fellow monksin Coving ton,La. ,wanttohelp putfoodontheir table bymakinga ndsellingsimp lewooden casketsto the public.Themonkshave madecaske tsforthem- selvesformorethan100yearsanddecidedtolaunch SaintJosephWoodworksinlate2007.Theyhopeto make15to20casketseachmonth. Butt he Sta te Bo ar do fEmba lme rs an dF unera l Directors—whichisdominatedbymembersofthe funera lindustry—sentth emonksacease anddesist letterbeforetheysoldevenonecasket.InLouisiana, onemustbeagovernment-licensedfuneraldirector tosellcaske tsandthefune raldirect orsdonotwant competitionfromanyone—notevenmonks. Ther ei sn ol egi timat er easonto lic ens ec ask et sellers.Acask etisjustabox.Itserve snohealthor Monks continued on page 9 Free the Monks & Free Enterprise “We are not a wealthy monastery,” said IJ client  Abbot Justin Brown , who is fighting for the monks’ right to earn an honest living. “We want to sell our plain wooden caskets to pay for food, health care and the education of our monks.”

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