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IJ Stands Guard Over the Right to a Fresh Start
Jaime Rojas is a dedicated community servant in South Florida. He’s volunteered for all kinds of causes, from speaking to teenagers in juvenile detention to preventing animal cruelty. For years, 41-year-old Jaime dreamed of turning his passion for protecting South Florida’s beachgoers into a career. And in 2019, he achieved that dream when a local municipality hired him as an ocean rescue lifeguard—so long as he could obtain Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification. But the department rejected Jaime in April 2020. Rather than making its decision based on who Jaime is today—a model citizen, by all accounts—the department denied him solely because of a youthful mistake of nearly 20 years ago.
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Can bees “trespass?” Why did the Medieval French put pigs on trial for murder? And does the Queen of England really own all the swans? Joining us are Professors Katy Barnett and Jeremy Gans of the University of Melbourne to discuss their new book “Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law.”
Recent Reports
NATIONAL SURVEY | February 8, 2022
Barriers to Business
You shouldn’t need a law degree to start the small business of your dreams. But too often, entrepreneurs struggle with local regulatory burdens, finding themselves trapped by high fees, long wait times, and complex paperwork. We analyzed the codes of 20 large to mid-sized cities and mapped out the real-world process of starting five common business types from the entrepreneur’s perspective.
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STRATEGIC RESEARCH | February 24, 2022
Too Many Licenses?
Now more American workers than ever must get a license to work. But do we need these new licenses? Independent government reports, known as “sunrise” reviews, suggest the answer is often no. This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of state sunrise laws and reviews. We found about 80% declined to recommend a license—and more than half declined to recommend any new regulation at all.
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