The Supreme Court has not agreed to review the merits of any First Amendment challenges to state-issued license plates since a 1977 ruling on the constitutionality of plates bearing New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die" motto. But earlier this month, a 6th Circuit decision in a case challenging Tennessee's "Choose Life" specialty license plate program created not one, but two circuit splits. Attorney Howard J. Bashman explains why this controversy seems destined to land at the high court's door.
March 27, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
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To those unfamiliar with the public debate over abortion, a license plate proclaiming “Choose Life” may appear to be a riposte to the “Live Free or Die” motto found on the license plates of motor vehicles registered in New Hampshire. Soon, however, history is likely to join these two controversial license plates in a more permanent way.
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