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posted by LaminatorX on Friday May 09 2014, @11:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the Mock-Us,-Please dept.

starcraftsicko writes:

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: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 09 2014, @04:44PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday May 09 2014, @04:44PM (#41311)

    Not offensive, but my favorite: My friend has a VW beetle with the license FEATURE. She transferred it from an old beetle to a new one. There's a pic of the old one somewhere online, taken in her parking lot at work.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 09 2014, @05:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 09 2014, @05:50PM (#41333)

    If it could be more letters, would it continue ..."not a bug"?