The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the Texas branch of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has the right to have the state issue license plates adorned with the Confederate battle flag.
In April last year, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks ruled against the group, declaring that the state was allowed to pick and choose which messages and symbols appear on state-issued plates.
At issue in the Circuit Court was whether the state Department of Motor Vehicles Board had engaged in “viewpoint discrimination” and violated the group’s First Amendment right when it denied an application for a specialty plate.
The judges ruled that license plates are a form of “private speech,” and thus protected by the First Amendment. The court also ruled that the Board’s rejection of the plate “favored one speaker over another.”
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Thank God! Can not wait to order them.
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Good deal, they tried to stop it here also, but failed.
DeleteWhat about Sparks though? Hopefully he learned something about rights.
ReplyDeleteHopefully is the key. :)
DeleteQuestion with a self evident answer: what business is it of any one, what flag you have on your own vehicle? In my never to be humble opinion; whining that some thing "offends" you, ought to be grounds for a justifiable shooting.
ReplyDeletewhining that some thing "offends" you, ought to be grounds for a justifiable shooting.
DeleteOr at least a duel. Bring it back legally and see how their insulting comments take a drastic dive.
At last, Texas will join our civilized brothers and sisters of the Southern states. I have been offended that I could not properly recognize my twelve Confederate ancestors. I'm trading in my Vietnam Veteran plate.
ReplyDeleteI chose the SCV one also.
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