Post by Webb on Jun 18, 2015 22:23:50 GMT -6
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I wonder when they will start banning the stuff I find offensive.
The nation’s highest court agreed with Texas’ refusal to issue a driver’s license plate bearing the Confederate flag. The ruling rejected a free speech challenge saying government property is a protected statement.
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that specialty plates convey a state’s endorsement of particular speech. The case, Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), involved the SCV wanting a Texas driver’s license plate bearing its logo with a Confederate flag. A state board rejected its design over concerns that the license plate would offend many Texans.
The Confederate flag has a double association. For some, it is a hate symbol: a reminder of a legal system of slavery and mass murder in the South. For others, it’s a symbol of heritage and history deriving from the American Civil War, in which America’s southern states adopted the flag as they tried to secede from the North 150 years ago.
“A person who displays a message on a Texas license plate likely intends to convey to the public the State has endorsed that message. If not, the individual could simply display the message in question in large letters on a bumper sticker right next to the plate,” wrote Justice Stephen Breyer in the majority opinion, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that specialty plates convey a state’s endorsement of particular speech. The case, Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), involved the SCV wanting a Texas driver’s license plate bearing its logo with a Confederate flag. A state board rejected its design over concerns that the license plate would offend many Texans.
The Confederate flag has a double association. For some, it is a hate symbol: a reminder of a legal system of slavery and mass murder in the South. For others, it’s a symbol of heritage and history deriving from the American Civil War, in which America’s southern states adopted the flag as they tried to secede from the North 150 years ago.
“A person who displays a message on a Texas license plate likely intends to convey to the public the State has endorsed that message. If not, the individual could simply display the message in question in large letters on a bumper sticker right next to the plate,” wrote Justice Stephen Breyer in the majority opinion, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
I wonder when they will start banning the stuff I find offensive.
Me and my Son Proudly Display it
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