Heritage or Racism

In June of 2015 there was a court case that made it all the way to the supreme court. This case was about a group called the Sons of Confederate Veterans who decided that they wanted their license plate to be the Confederate battle flag. When the state of Texas declined their wish to do this they said their First Amendment Right was being infringed upon and the case made it to the Supreme Court.




According to CNN, SCV wanted to honor the soldiers who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. When it comes to specialty license plates Texas has the power to choose whatever plates they deem fit. This plate was shot down by Texas Legislature because of the fact that it might be seen as offensive to some is a good enough reason to keep these plates off of the road. These plates were considered government speech not private speech which means the SCV has no say in what plates are made and which are not.