Constitutional Law
Mar. 24, 2015
Campus speech in jeopardy
In a case being argued Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a private organization should be able to have a special license plate with a Confederate flag on it. The answer will have far-reaching implications. By Catherine Sevcenko
In Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans, due for oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, the respondent will argue that a private organization should be able to have a specialty license plate with the Confederate battle flag on it. On the other side, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board contends that license plates constitute government speech because the state government controls their production. The state, the...
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