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Vanity License Plates and Freedom of Speech

posted by CoolHand on Sunday April 05 2015, @04:14PM   
from the lemme-say-whut-i-want dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Recently, oral arguments were heard regarding a case about license plates and the first amendment. The Texas division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has challenged a rejection of their proposed plate that had images of the Confederate flag.

The Texas solicitor general argued that, "Messages on Texas license plates are government speech ... [because] Texas etches its name onto each license plate and Texas law gives the state sole control and final approval authority over everything that appears on a license plate.”

Please share your ideas/comments on this case or your views on vanity plates in general.

Story: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-supreme-court-confederate-license-plates-20150323-story.html
Case: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2014/2014_14_144
What a vanity plate is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_plate

• Re:three words: Top Gear, Argentina (Score: 2, Insightful) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Sunday April 05 2015, @06:15PM

  by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Sunday April 05 2015, @06:15PM (#166720) Journal

  Clarkson?

  Stupid Tory twat.

  That man should learn to hold his cocaine, or refrain from public appearance. Englishman driving a German car, while reviving a 20-year old conflict and invasion? Appalling stupidity and lack of insight. It's really too rich.

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  You're betting on the pantomime horse...

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