[Eugene Volokh] Georgia S. Ct.: Right to Pursue Lawful Occupation Invalidates License Requirement for Lactation Consultants

 [Eugene Volokh] Georgia S. Ct.: Right to Pursue Lawful Occupation Invalidates License Requirement for Lactation Consultants

The court so holds applying the Georgia Constitution’s Due Process Clause, which the court had long interpreted as securing a right to pursue a lawful occupation.

Today’s unanimous decision in Raffensperger v. Jackson, written by Chief Justice Boggs, strikes down the 2016 Georgia Lactation Consultant Practice Act, which requires lactation consultants to have a…