Posted on 12/05/2014 12:28:05 PM PST by GIdget2004
The Supreme Court is taking on a free speech case over a proposed license plate in Texas that would feature the Confederate battle flag.
The case involves the government's ability to choose among the political messages it allows drivers to display on state-issued license plates.
The justices said Friday they will review a lower court ruling in favor of the Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The group is seeking a specialty plate with its logo bearing the battle flag, similar to plates issued by several other states that were part of the Confederacy.
The case will be argued in March.
A state motor vehicle board rejected the application because of concerns the Confederate flag would offend many Texans who believe the flag is a racially charged symbol of repression. But a panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that the board's decision violated the group's First Amendment rights.
Texas offers more than 350 specialty plates, the group said in its court filing. They include plates that say "Choose Life," ''God Bless Texas," ''Fight Terrorism," as well as others in support of Boy Scouts, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, blood donations, pro sports teams and colleges.
The state said in its Supreme Court appeal that the decision to reject the Sons of Confederate Veterans' license plate was not discrimination because the motor vehicle board had not approved a license plate expressing any view about the Confederacy or the battle flag.
Other federal appeals courts have come to differing conclusions on the issue, the state said.
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And Ted Cruz was born in Canada. But if you asked him, and all the others you mentioned, they would all consider themselves Southerners.
>>And Ted Cruz was born in Canada. But if you asked him, and all the others you mentioned, they would all consider themselves Southerners.<<
...and if they are true conservatives as is Ted Cruz, we immediately adopt them. Bush family can move right on back up to Massachusetts. They’ll fit in well with the whole Romney klan.
I doubt they depend on you to decide if they are southern or not.
Now now...don’t get your hackles up.
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