Supreme Court Declines Hearing on License Plate Case

The Advocate reports that the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal involving South Carolina's issuance of specialty license plates to an anti abortion cause without issuing plates to a pro choice cause. In that case, the U.S. Fourth Circuit ruled that South Carolina violated the first amendment rights of the pro choice group. A suit involving Louisiana's "Choose Life" plates is currently being reviewed by the Fifth Circuit. Louisiana's plates were ruled unconstitutional by District Judge Stanwood Duval, Jr. in 1993.

Posted by Capital Clerks at January 27, 2005 10:43 AM