Court decision allows lawsuit over state’s ‘irrational’ social work rule to advance

A Texas court ruling means that a lawsuit over the state’s “irrational” rule regarding social workers can advance.

The rule simply bans people who ever have had a conviction from getting a license for social work, ever.

It’s being challenged, according to a report from the Institute for Justice, by “two Texas grandmothers with masters’ degrees who want to be social workers.”

Their problem? Decades ago, while young and under the influence of substance abuse problems, each was convicted of an assault.