Specialty license plates are often silly and distracting, but they usually don’t raise constitutional issues. An exception is a plate the state of Texas refused to issue because it featured the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Texas vanity license plate that says "DRPEPPR" on February 5, 2025. (Gwen Howerton/Chron.com) In 2009 the Texas Sons of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Texas can keep the Confederate flag off the specialty license plates it issues to drivers. Rejecting a First Amendment claim by the Sons of Confederate ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision will have an impact on a case before the Second Circuit, where, in May, a divided panel held that the New York Department of Motor Vehicles acted reasonably and ...

SCV is a group that claims it seeks to celebrate the old battle flag as a “symbol of sacrifice, independence and Southern heritage.” Nine states, including Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, ...

The number of Tennesseans now displaying Confederate battle flag license plates is higher than at any other point in the last decade, according to state data on the controversial specialty tags. The ...

Pressure is rising on Gov. Rick Perry (R) of Texas to address a state agency’s looming vote over whether to allow vanity license plates that feature the Confederate flag. Civil rights activists, ...

A Southern heritage group says it is going to federal court to keep the Confederate battle flag on Virginia license plates. The Virginia division and the national leadership of the Sons of Confederate ...

DANVILLE — Virginia has revoked specialty license plates featuring a Confederate battle flag after a federal judge dissolved an injunction allowing the image. The Department of Motor Vehicles will ...

You'd think that the concept of Confederate license plates would go over wonderfully in Texas, but surprisingly that's not exactly the case. When the Sons of Confederate Veterans state branch (think ...

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