Free speech is all too often a joke in this land, and one of the
more ridiculous attempts to shut people up by law is hooked to
"occupational licensing." Sometimes, says the government, you can
only say certain things if some state-powered cartel gives you
legal permission to do so. The state of North Carolina's attempts to shut down Steve Cooksey's blog about
how he believes the paleo diet helped him deal with diabetes on the
grounds that he needs to be licensed by the state's Board of
Dietetics/Nutrition is one of the sillier, and yet still grossly
offensive, such cases to arise lately. The Institute for Justice agrees, and has stepped in to file a
lawsuit, Cooksey v. Futrell et al., in federal court
against the state Board, which will be officially filed tomorrow,
to stand up for Cooksey's right to speak what he thinks is true
about diet and diabetes...more
Here's their video on the case:
http://youtu.be/L5EixDJ25Lc
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