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 Monday April 06 2015, @11:56AM
Ironically your post is an example of mindless tribalism too. So meta!
Actually, no it's not. It's an example of me forming an individual opinion and cheering on someone who challenged the intolerable status quo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 06 2015, @02:49PM
Woooosh!
Of course the tribalist thinks his cheerleading is valid and meaningful.