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The Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans sought to have a specialty license plate issued in the state of Texas with an image of the Confederate Battle Flag. The request was denied prompting the group to sue, claiming that denying a specialty plate was a First Amendment violation. [1]
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...
Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, which held that Texas was allowed to deny the request for a specialty license plate featuring the group's logo. [36] [37] Virginia: The Virginia General Assembly approved a specialty license plate for the SCV in 1999, but lawmakers forbade the group to display the Confederate insignia. The ...
Whether the display of the Confederate flag on state-issued license plates represents sound public policy is not an issue presented to this Court in this case. That is an issue for our General Assembly." [146] In 2015, the dispute over Texas vanity plates that would have displayed the logo ended up before the United States Supreme Court. [147]
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Texas Civil War veterans received a pension check from Austin for $100 every month if they were unmarried, $150 if they were married. (Union veterans were pensioned by the U.S. Congress.)
Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans [89] [90] There were 178 plates in 2015. [91] Mississippi: Sons of Confederate Veterans Commemorative License Plate (2003–current) featuring the Confederate Battle Flag in the organization logo [92] [83] Revised in 2011 for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. A proposal to put General Forrest ...
The Supreme Court said Monday it won't review North Carolina's decision to stop issuing specialty license plates with the Confederate flag. It was similar to a case originating in Texas that the ...