Does the government ‘speak’ through its postage stamps?

The Volokh Conspiracy 2016-03-02

Summary:

Last week I noted something that looked to me like a pretty clear First Amendment violation in the-making: state officials in Minnesota vowing to revoke one of their citizens’ license plates (which read “FMUSLMS”) because it found the message conveyed objectionable, and to reform their procedures for issuing “specialty license plates” to “ensure it does not occur again.” […]

Link:

http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/669424/s/4dfc34c4/sc/13/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cnews0Cvolokh0Econspiracy0Cwp0C20A160C0A30C0A20Cdoes0Ethe0Egovernment0Espeak0Ethrough0Eits0Epostage0Estamps0C/story01.htm

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Cyberlaw » The Volokh Conspiracy

Tags:

freedom of speech

Authors:

David Post

Date tagged:

03/02/2016, 11:33

Date published:

03/02/2016, 11:14