Ruling set to drive removal of Confederate flag from license plates (VA)
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2015 12:30 pm
Updated: 1:07 pm, Fri Jul 31, 2015.
By Michael Livingston Danville Register & Bee
... In court Friday, Virginia Deputy Attorney General Rhodes Ritenour stated three reasons why the decision on allowing the Confederate flag on SCV plates should be lifted ...
The first is that traditionally, Virginia has always recognized its license plates as government speech. The specialty license plates are not owned by the government, however, they are controlled by it, he said ...
Secondly, the public recognizes license plates as being government speech, Ritenour said. License plates are used for registration and identification purposes, not personal ones.
Thirdly, Virginia has a stronger case than Texas to vacate the injunction because Virginia “gives more authority to the state legislature over ultimate control” over the specialty license plates, he said ...
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