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Florida Considering An "I Believe" Specialty Plate
Florida's legislature is carrying the debate over specialty license plates to a new level. It is considering a bill that would authorize a number of new specialty plates, including one reading "I Believe" and featuring a Christian cross and a stained glass window...

"3rd Circuit to Mull When States Can Limit License Slogan Choice"
"3rd Circuit to Mull When States Can Limit License Slogan Choice": Today in The Legal Intelligencer, Shannon P. Duffy has an article that begins, "Combine the hot-button issue of abortion with a truly perplexing First Amendment question -- whether auto license plates are a public forum -- and it's no wonder the federal courts are all over the map on whether states have the right to deny issuing specialty plates that carry the slogan 'Choose Life...

7th Circuit rules against Illinois Choose Life license plates
. . . we conclude specialty plates are a nonpublic forum. Illinois may not discriminate on the basis of viewpoint, but it may control access to the forum based on the content of a proposed message ...

Eighth Circuit affirms federal district court decision that orders State of Missouri to issue "Choose Life" specialty license plates
Eighth Circuit affirms federal district court decision that orders State of Missouri to issue "Choose Life" specialty license plates: You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link...

8th Circuit Says Missouri's Procedure For Approving Specialty Plates Is Invalid
In Roach v. Stouffer, (8th Cir., March 26, 2009), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held unconstitutional Missouri's statute that gives the legislative Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight broad authority to approve or reject applications for creating new specialty license plates...

8th Circuit Says Missouris Procedure For Approving Specialty Plates Is Invalid
Religion Clause: "In a release on the decision from Alliance Defense Fund (which represented plaintiffs) indicates that Missouri has already begun to sell the plates since the Court of Appeals had refused to stay the injunction previously issued by the district court...

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