Personalized license plates can be a dicey subject that get drivers into trouble. Often they're used to say things that state DMVs don't really think is appropriate, be it speaking out against a ...

Under the First Amendment, some things are protected speech, like a political yard sign displayed at your house. Some things aren't. The classic example is the old "yelling fire in a movie theater," ...

WASHINGTON – Texas wouldn’t let a critic of President Donald Trump have a custom license plate reading “JAIL 45.” College football fans in Michigan can’t request a vanity plate that says “OSUSUCKS.” ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that personalized license plates are government speech and not subject to the First Amendment's ban on viewpoint discrimination. At the center of the case ...

Nashville resident Leah Gilliam sued the state in 2021 after her license plate of 11 years was suddenly revoked. The state claimed that her plate was offensive. Gilliam claimed this was a violation of ...

It’s not uncommon for state officials across the US to reject or revoke personalized license plates that they deem offensive. However, a woman in Tennessee is so upset that her personalized plate was ...