Lewd License Plates and the First Amendment
States keep trying to rein in the offensive language people want to affix to their cars, but issues of free speech come up again and again. What are reasonable societal boundaries?
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Memphis Flyer On Your Plate: Where Freedom of Speech Clashes with Public Decency
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They're taking away the fun license plates : r/Maine
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Maine Secretary of State supports bills to ban obscene language from vanity license plates
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Maine Vanity Plates: New Law Takes Effect Monday – NECN
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What is Obscenity? First Amendment Unscripted
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New bill could bring digital license plates to Colorado, Legislature
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Maine to Ditch Inappropriate Vanity Plates in Two Months, Hope You Had Fun - autoevolution
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Maine gets closer to eliminating license plates with obscenities
Judge Rules California Ban On 'Offensive' License Plates Unconstitutional
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Lewd License Plates and the First Amendment
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Obscene Vanity Plates One Vote Closer to Being Banned