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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
(Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday April 05 2015, @06:22PM
The complaints so far have been over whether a business will sell to a particular party.
Actually the complaint was over the refusal to put two groom figurines on the cake.
The cases were all "bait cases". Bride and groom, or groom and groom, never show up to buy their own cake these days. The wedding planner or does that stuff.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Touché) by FakeBeldin on Monday April 06 2015, @02:56PM
I showed up to buy my own wedding cake.
As a matter of fact, I showed up twice (there were three cakes, and I could only manage two in one go).
I guess two wrongs make a right, so you're still in the clear?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @03:46PM
I showed up to buy my wedding cake too, so we're back to the GP being wrong on that :p.
(although I don't actually remember the figures on the cake, I do remember it tasting pretty good!)