WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has upheld Texas’ refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag, rejecting a free-speech challenge.
The court said Thursday that Texas can limit the content of license plates because they are state property and not the equivalent of a bumper sticker.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans had sought a Texas plate bearing its logo with the battle flag. A state board rejected it over concerns that the license plate would offend many Texans.
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Counting down the seconds to the cry of “They’re NOT the government’s license plates, they’re OUR license plates!”
I’d rather that Texass and other states allow bigots to publically self-identify.
Waiting for the Gov. of Texas to announce he “will not be bullied by the activist liberal judges on the SCOTUS” and will deploy the Texas Rangers (not the baseball team, well, maybe…) to “enforce deeply held TEXAS values” in the manufacture and distribution of traitorous, anti-american, ENEMY battle flags on Texas state property.
Of course, this also means Texas (and, now, any other state) can refuse to issue ANY license plate, including anything for any cause NOT favored by the Republicans who control the state of Texas (and most other states).
So. If you sell ads on busses you have to sell to Geller but if you sell slogans on license plates you don’t have to sell to Confederate Sons?