Court Looks for Limits in Confederate Flag License Plate Case
The Texas division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans petitioned to have the state create a license plate with the Confederate flag on it. The state refused, and now were at the Supreme Court, with a bunch of justices who��.
Justices Reject Jurors Testimony on Deliberations
The injured rider sought a new trial based on the jurors statement, saying Ms. Whipple should have revealed her daughters experience during jury selection. But lower courts refused to consider the statement, relying on Supreme Court precedents and a .
DMV Rejection of License Plate Found Reasonable
New Yorks Department of Motor Vehicles acted reasonably and within its authority when it refused to issue a Choose Life license plate because it feared being seen as taking sides in the volatile abortion debate, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the.
Supreme Court free speech case has pro-life implications
Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans. Although. Presumably the rejection was premised on the argument that the Confederate flag is a racist symbol, or at the very least has racial connotations that are likely to cause offense. However. According to Choose-Life.org, pro-life plates are currently available in 27 states and the District of Columbia; approval is being sought in another 15 states; and the plates are tied up in court in New York and North Carolina.
U.S. Supreme Court considering free speech rights on personalized plates
A states right to prohibit certain messages on specialty license plates is now being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court, which debated last month whether free speech laws allow Texas to ban use of the Confederate flag on specialty plates. Texas.
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Nine states let drivers choose specialty license plates featuring the Confederate flag and honoring the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which says it seeks to celebrate Southern heritage. But Texas refused to allow the groups plates, saying the flag was .
Supreme Court case on Texas Confederate flag license plat.
The US Supreme Court heard a free-speech fight on Monday over Texas unlikely decision to ban specialty license plates with Confederate flags, and the satirist P.J. ORourke submitted a brief in that case defending offensive. ���It saddens me, that the possibility even exists that I might still be driving around the state and frequently see something that represents hate, Clark said back in 2011, according to The New York Times, something that has made people feel��.
A Test of Free Speech and Bias, Served on a Plate from Texas
Adam Liptak, New York Times, March 22, 2015. The next. Nine states let drivers choose specialty license plates featuring the flag and honoring the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which says it seeks to celebrate Southern heritage. But Texas refused to allow the groups plates, saying the flag was offensive. On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to that decision in Walker v.. Texas has mounted a vigorous defense of its decision to reject the plates.
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A License to Say Anything?
The United States Supreme Court is hearing a lawsuit by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. It wants Texas to issue a specialty plate showing the Confederate battle flag, which a state panel rejected. The group argues that if Texas allows plates that.
Supreme Court Rules Against Texas SCV | Occidental Dissent
���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 the content of license��.
Free speech and licence plates: Flag waiving | The Economist
Flag waiving. Mar 24th 2015, 15:06 by S.M. | NEW YORK. On Monday the Supreme Court grappled with whether states have any say in deciding what the parameters of these tags can be. The question arose in 2009. Fans of the Confederate flag ���can put a bumper sticker��� on their cars in lieu of licence plates, he said (deploying his quintessential brand of pragmatism).. Wikipedia has a good entry on it if you want to take the time to read it it is quite interesting. I do agree that the��.
Supreme Court hears case over Texas Confederate license plates
The Supreme Court appeared conflicted on Monday over how to resolve a contentious free speech case out of Texas that challenges whether the state was within its bounds in rejecting specialty license plates that would display a Confederate flag.. the.
NY Can Ban Choose Life License Plates As DMV Program Upheld
The 2nd Circuit ruled as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to decide whether Texas violated the First Amendment by rejecting a custom plate bearing the Confederate flag over concern the plate and others like it might offend people. A decision in.
Supreme Court to hear case on Texas rejection of.
A battle is brewing in the state of Texas over license plates bearing the Confederate Battle Flag.. Sons of Confederate Veterans will go before the Supreme Court today, the controversy originally kicked off in 2011, after Texas department of motor vehicles deadlocked over the decision to authorized the SCV plate, The New York Times reports. That move lit a small firestorm,. News Source: The New York Times; Image Credit: Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
Justices Look for Reasoning Behind Texas Ban on Confederate License Plate
WASHINGTON ��� The question for the Supreme Court on Monday was whether Texas had violated the First Amendment by rejecting a specialty license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag.. ���Texas will put its name on anything,��� he said.. It could.
Confederate Battle Flag on a Texas License Plate.
Now the Supreme Court will decide whether the state can refuse to issue a license plate featuring the battle flag without violating the free-speech rights of Texans who want one.. Even if the court disagrees that license plates are government speech, the state said its rejection of the Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate was not discriminatory.. Maynard case concerned New Hampshire residents who disagreed with the states ���Live Free or Die��� motto.
Supreme Court skeptical of specialty license plate case.
WASHINGTON ��� At the Supreme Court Monday, the justices considered Texass specialty license program and the decision by state officials to reject a design depicting the confederate flag submitted by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The case marks the first time the justices will consider the First Amendment implications of the program, similar to other programs across the county, and whether the speech depicted on the plates is government speech or the��.
How the First Amendment affects your specialty license plate
The justices decided not to take up a voter I.D. case out of Wisconsin, and they heard arguments over the right to issue license plates in Texas that feature a Confederate Flag. NewsHour. So now this gets to the Supreme Court, and they decided to.
US Supreme Court Weighs Need For Specialty Plates.
US Supreme Court Weighs Need For Specialty Plates News Articles.. In deciding case on Confederate license plates, the US Supreme Court could do away with personalized plates entirely. The US Supreme.. Plainly, seven members of the court arent convinced that Texas should be able to bar Confederate flag license plates while allowing nearly 500 others designs, including some that oppose abortion and encourage war... You may not post new threads.
Faculty Blog | Some ���Teachable��� First Amendment Moments.
Some ���Teachable��� First Amendment Moments in the Supreme Courts Oral Argument About Confederate Flags on Texas License Plates. Cross-posted from Justias Verdict. In todays column, I analyze the Supreme Court oral��.
Supreme Court Says Texas Can Reject Confederate Flag License Plates
WASHINGTON ��� The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Texas did not violate the First Amendment when it refused to allow specialty license plates bearing the Confederate battle flag. Such plates, Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote for the majority, are.
May Texas reject Confederate flag specialty plate? SCOTUS.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a First Amendment challenge to Texas rejection of specialty license plates displaying a logo of the Confederate flag.. and the New York Times. The state says it rejected the plate because many people associate the Confederate flag with hatred and oppression of minorities. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Texas in July, saying messages on state-issued specialty plates are private��.
Orange Confederate monument will include 32 rebel flags
Despite community concerns about the city of Oranges image, motorists entering Texas from Louisiana on Interstate 10 will be greeted by 32 waving flags representing Texas regiments of the Confederate army as soon as the flagpoles are erected.. is a.
Argument preview: When the license plate speaks.
At 10 a.m. Monday, the Supreme Court will hold one hour of oral argument on the power of states to control the messages displayed on speciality license plates for cars and trucks. In Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans,��.
Supreme Court to Hear Cases on License Plates and Mentally Disabled Death.
The last time the Supreme Court considered what the First Amendment has to say about license plates was in 1977 in Wooley v. Maynard, when it ruled that New Hampshire could not force George Maynard to drive around with plates bearing the states motto, .
NY Times Op-Ed on Vanity Plates: Permit Pro-Choice, Prohibit Confederate Sons
NY Times Op-Ed on Vanity Plates: Permit Pro-Choice, Prohibit Confederate Sons. We think Texas was right to reject the Confederate plates, but that North Carolina should have issued the abortion rights plates. How can this be? Are we merely siding.
Clarence Thomas sides with liberals to ban confederate flag.
The ruling states that Texas can refuse to make custom government license plates libeled with the confederate flag.. In a surprise move, conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sided with the four liberal justices to ban a Texas group from paying to have a custom Confederate flag license plate. The case raised the issue. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Texas officials did not have grounds to reject the Confederate plate.
Supreme Court Says Texas Ban on Confederate Flag.
Supreme Court Says Texas Ban on Confederate Flag License Plates Does Not Violate First Amendment. And what Texas did here was to reject one of the messages that members of a private group wanted to post on some of these little billboards because the State thought that many of its citizens would find the message offensive.. We reserve the right to delete any comment for any reason at any time.. New York City Has Seized��� Scott Shackford | 06.18.2015��.
Supreme Court To Hear Confederate Flag License Plate Free
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to weigh in on whether Texas officials should have approved a specialty license plate that dis.. Cant Decide What To Watch On Netflix? Here Are 12 Suggestions 149 �� Lady Gaga Tans In A Bikini On A.. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Texas officials did not have grounds to reject the Confederate plate. A ruling is expected by the end of��.
Supreme Court to Hear Free-Speech Case on Specialty License Plates
WASHINGTON���The Supreme Court on Friday said it will decide whether states can deny permission for specialty license plates because a proposed logo or message may be offensive to the public. The court said in a brief written order it would hear an .
Supreme Court Confederate Flag License Plate Case Isnt About Free Speech
The case was brought after the state of Texas rejected a request from the state division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. to have license plates available displaying the organizations name and the confederate flag. The state, after a public.