Religion & Law

"Louisiana monks go to court to sell their caskets"
"Louisiana monks go to court to sell their caskets": In today's edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article that begins, "Not very long after God told some at St. Joseph Abbey that the way out of financial hardship might be selling the monks' handcrafted caskets, the state of Louisiana arrived with a different message...

Suit On Behalf of Monks Challenges Louisiana's Regulation of Funeral Industry
The Institute for Justice announced that yesterday it filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Louisiana on behalf of Saint Joseph Abbey of St. Benedict, Louisiana, to vindicate the right of the monks to make and sell their plain wooden caskets...

Casket Cartel Takes Monks To Court
Louisiana regulators have decided to appeal a ruling in favor of casket-making monks that found a state law unconstitutional in giving funeral directors exclusive rights to sell caskets...

Monks Sue for Right to Sell Caskets, Lawmakers Tell 'Em They're Not Licensed
Benedictine Order Says Louisiana Funeral Board Stopping Them from Making Ends Meet

Monks Fight to Sell Caskets in Louisiana
A group of monks is suing the state of Louisiana to preserve its ability to build caskets without a state license.

Protectionism, Consumer Welfare, and Rational Basis Review
Robert Barnes at the Washington Post has this great story in today's Washington Post about Louisiana monks who want to sell funeral caskets but have been hit with a cease-and-desist order enforcing a protectionist Louisiana law that says that the...

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