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Constitutional Law Keyed to Chemerinsky
Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
Citation:
135 S. Ct. 2239 (2015)Facts
Those who reside in Texas may choose between ordinary and specialty license plates for their vehicles. If anyone wishes to have the latter, he may propose a plate design, comprising a slogan, a graphic or both. The Texas law grants the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board authority to approve or reject an application. The relevant statute provides that the Board “may refuse to create a new specialty license plate for many reasons” including a perceived offensiveness of the design to the public. The Sons of Confederate Veterans wanted a Confederate battle flag appeared on its plate, but the Board rejected, because public comments, which they considered reasonable, had shown that many members of the general public find the design offensive.
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