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

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

 
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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday April 05 2015, @07:12PM

    by frojack (1554) on Sunday April 05 2015, @07:12PM (#166747) Journal

    I guess the proof of the pudding would be if the plate was a vanity plate or a run of the mill British Plate.

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  • (Score: 2) by Whoever on Sunday April 05 2015, @08:46PM

    by Whoever (4524) on Sunday April 05 2015, @08:46PM (#166774) Journal

    The UK doesn't have vanity plates in the same way that most if not all USA states do. Plates issued must fit into the existing letter/number patterns. However, very old license plates often had interesting combinations and have significant value.