Supreme Court rules states can restrict license plate messages
By Devin Montgomery on Jun 18, 2015 11:54 am
The US Supreme Court [official website] on Thursday
ruled [opinion, PDF] 5-4 in Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans
[SCOTUSblog materials] that state governments can restrict the kinds of
messages printed on specialty licence plates. The Sons of Confederate
Veterans [advocacy website] had argued that the Texas government's
refusal to issue specialty licence plates including an image of the
confederate flag violated First Amendment [LII backgrounder] free speech
protections. Writing for the majority, Justice Stephen Breyer rejected
the argument, saying... +read more
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