High Court Rules Specialty License Plates Constitute 'Government Speech'
11:27 AM ET Scott Neuman Twitter i The design of a license plate proposed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. AP/Texas Department of Motor Vehicles hide caption itoggle caption AP/Texas Department of...
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You'd think that the concept of Confederate license plates would go over wonderfully in Texas, but surprisingly that's not exactly the case. When the Sons of Confederate Veterans state branch (think...
View ArticleJustices appear torn on license-plate leeway
WASHINGTON — The question for the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday was whether Texas had violated the First Amendment by rejecting a specialty license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag. As the...
View ArticleThe supreme court is right: Confederate flag license plates aren't free speech
Most states, including some very conservative ones, prefer not to give their endorsement to white supremacist symbols – though there are notable exceptions, like South Carolina, that infamously prefer...
View ArticleHigh Court To Decide If Texas Violated Freedom Of Speech Over Confederate...
This case which originated back in 2009 will be decided by the high court. The question that the Supreme Court must decide is, does the license plate speak for the government or the individual? This...
View ArticleA Texas Confederate flag license plate, whose speech is it? (What they're...
Does freedom of speech end when it's on a license plate? That's what the U.S. Supreme Court will decide this summer after hearing arguments Monday from a heritage group that wants permission to display...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Texas can refuse to issue Confederate flag license plates
The State of Texas is free to decide which specialty license plates to issue and which to reject when it deems the proposed message offensive or too controversial, the US Supreme Court ruled on...
View ArticleTexas can reject Confederate flag license plates, supreme court rules
The Sons of Confederate Veterans had sought to put the flag, which is their logo, on vanity plates but court finds that plates are not ‘a forum for private speech’ ...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Texas OK to reject confederate flag plate
Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Texas is allowed to reject a license plate design that featured a Confederate battle flag. In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Stephen Breyer the...
View ArticleVa. Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Syracuse native, wants Confederate flag off...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Syracuse native, said on Tuesday that he's moving to have the Confederate flag banished from state license plates in the wake of a massacre at a...
View ArticleSupreme Court appears reluctant to force Texas to issue Confederate license...
Motorists have the right to put their favorite bumper sticker on their car, but do they have a free-speech right to a special state license plate with a Confederate battle flag or a message about...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules Texas Can Block Confederate Flags On License Plates
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Texas can prohibit vanity license plates containing an image of the Confederate battle flag. Texas excluded the group Sons of Confederate Veterans...
View ArticleConfederate flag license plates: Supreme Court hears free speech dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is weighing a free-speech challenge to Texas' refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag. Specialty plates are big business in Texas,...
View ArticleJustices render differing verdict in 2 free speech cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — In dueling decisions Thursday about free speech, the Supreme Court upheld Texas' refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag and struck down an Arizona town's...
View ArticleJustices struggle with free speech case over license plates
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is struggling with how to resolve a free-speech dispute over a proposed Texas license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag. The justices heard arguments Monday...
View ArticleJustices hear free speech dispute over license plates
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is weighing a free-speech challenge to Texas' refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag. Specialty plates are big business in Texas, where...
View ArticleSCOTUS rules Texas can reject Confederate flag license plates
abcnews.go.com The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Texas' refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag, rejecting a free-speech challenge, according to The Associated Press....
View ArticleJustices rule for Texas in Confederate plate dispute
Mark Sherman, Associated Press 11:10 a.m. EDT June 18, 2015 This image provided by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shows the design of a proposed Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate. The...
View ArticleJustices rule for Texas in dispute over license plate
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Texas' refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag, rejecting a free-speech challenge. The court said in a 5-4 ruling that Texas can limit...
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