STOSSEL: A social worker’s fight to prove she’s needed

“Why does Louisiana have the right to stop me from doing what I love to do?” asks Ursula Newell-Davis in my new video.

Newell-Davis has helped people. She’s a social worker who’s worked with kids with special needs for 20 years. She’s really good at it.

“She helped teach me how to talk to people,” says Kamal, who never had friends before.

His mother adds, “She explained to me things that I didn’t understand about my kids.”

What!? Why?

“Louisiana wants to limit how many agencies they have to regulate,” says Newell-Davis. “That makes it easy for the state.”

Easy for the state? Yes, that’s the actual reason.

Anastasia Boden of the Pacific Legal Foundation is helping Newell-Davis sue Louisiana, trying to get the law declared unconstitutional.

“Louisiana gives you no clue about how to prove you’re needed,” says Boden. “(Even if they did), that would be difficult for even the best entrepreneurs. The only way to find out is to open up your doors and try!”

But Newell-Davis isn’t allowed to try.