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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 05 2015, @09:15PM
They amended it to be creed as well. Basically you do not get to discriminate.
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act/ [archives.gov]
The whole thing will blow over once it hits the courts. As it is breaks federal law. Typically federal law trumps state.
but for other categories it varies
At that point federal steps in. It is very clear. Do not discriminate. Even if they are a red sox fan.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 05 2015, @09:37PM
Typically federal law trumps state.
How so? What about the 9th amendment? The constitution is set up so that the federal government can only do what the constitution says it can, while all other powers are reserved for the people and the states.
(Score: 2) by LancePodstrong on Monday April 06 2015, @01:42AM
You think it really works that way? You're new here aren't you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 06 2015, @05:36AM
When you understand Constitutional Law, then it makes sense. When you don't, you get to be all emo and shit and be whiny and nihilistic.