NC's 'Choose Life' license plate ruled unconstitutional

[N_Jay]

We have officially become too stupid a civilization to continue!

NC's 'Choose Life' license plate ruled unconstitutional

By: NBC17 Staff | NBC17.com
Published: December 10, 2012

RALEIGH, N.C. --
U.S. District Court Judge James C. Fox ruled on Friday that the state's proposed "Choose Life" license plate is unconstitutional and in violation of the First Amendment because no license plate offering an opposing view was proposed, according to a news release Monday from the ACLU.

The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina filed a lawsuit last year after N.C. House Bill 289 was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly and signed by Gov. Bev Perdue June 30, 2011.

The bill authorized the creation of a "Choose Life" license plate, but did not allow for a license plate supporting reproductive choice.

The legislature had six opportunities to pass an amendment allowing for a “Trust Women. Respect Choice” or a “Respect Choice” plate, but rejected all six attempts, the ACLU said.

Fox placed a permanent injunction against the production of the license plate with his ruling on Friday.

In the ruling, Fox concluded "that by authorizing the 'Choose Life' plate without also offering a pro-choice alternative, the State has engaged in impermissible viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment."

NC's 'Choose Life' license plate ruled unconstitutional | NBC17.com

http://dig.abclocal.go.com/wtvd/docs...ing_121012.pdf

[N_Jay]

Maybe they just need to make a plate for the "opposite" position?

"Kill your baby"

What ya think?

[MsPPH]

Good. The state should never have approved the damned thing in the first place.

[N_Jay]

Originally Posted by MsPPH

Good. The state should never have approved the damned thing in the first place.

"Choose Life", is anti-choice, no more than "Support our troops" is pro war.

They should have just offered whoever instigated the suit their choice of plate theme. They have over 100, why not one more?

[N_Jay]

https://edmv-sp.dot.state.nc.us/sp/S...ecial&code=SHG

What about other types of dancing.

Outlaw this plate!

https://edmv-sp.dot.state.nc.us/sp/S...ecial&code=WMN

Where is the Cantaloupe plate?

https://edmv-sp.dot.state.nc.us/sp/S...ecial&code=SCU

A "SCUBA" plate but no "snorkel" nor "Free Diving" plates? Call the ACLU! This is an outrage!

[Zeitgeist]

That plate is just as silly as an official Buy Coke or Vote Democrat plate. You'd think the NC Leg would have more important issues to juggle.

[GermanStar]

Originally Posted by N_Jay

"Choose Life", is anti-choice, no more than "Support our troops" is pro war.

They should have just offered whoever instigated the suit their choice of plate theme. They have over 100, why not one more?

As a catchphrase, "Support our troops" is frequently pro war. As a concept, it is not.

[N_Jay]

Originally Posted by GermanStar

As a catchphrase, "Support our troops" is frequently pro war. As a concept, it is not.

As a catchphrase, "Choose Life" is frequently anti-'pro-choice'. As a concept, it is not.

[N_Jay]

Originally Posted by Zeitgeist

That plate is just as silly as an official Buy Coke or Vote Democrat plate. You'd think the NC Leg would have more important issues to juggle.

It was the ACLU not the State starting the suit.

[GermanStar]

Originally Posted by N_Jay

As a catchphrase, "Choose Life" is frequently anti-'pro-choice'. As a concept, it is not.

Good for you, you put it together. License plates are not purveyors of concepts so much as catchphrases.