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The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently struck down a law that restricts potentially offensive vanity license plates. According to Seacoast Online:
In a unanimous decision, the state Supreme Court agreed with the arguments of David Montenegro, who wanted the vanity plate reading "COPSLIE" to protest what he calls government corruption.
State law prohibits vanity plates that "a reasonable person would find offensive to good taste." But the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union argued that the law is unconstitutionally vague and gives too much discretion to a person behind a Department of Motor Vehicles counter.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by SuddenOutbreak on Friday May 09 2014, @12:55PM
I can't help but think that "Cops Lie" on your license plate is just asking to get pulled over on a regular basis.
Just like how an excess or certain bumper stickers can get your car vandalized (as can license plates proclaiming your favorite sports team), telling off the cops as you're driving around town is just your little way of being sure to rack up plenty of "improper lane usage" and "too fast for condition" tickets, and whatever 'judgement calls' he can get.
Let's hope that he has lots of free time, and a jurisdiction that records everything.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 09 2014, @06:15PM
Let's hope some day we all live in a place where voicing displeasure -- even on a license plate -- does not create excess harm and violence to befall you at the whim of the government.