Transportation,
Constitutional Law
Dec. 17, 2014
FRE SPCH: vanity plates and the First Amendment
Americans view their cars as literal and figurative vehicles of self-expression, not mere tools of transportation. So we can't be surprised when our cars become the focus of a free speech debate.
Kenneth P. White
Partner
Brown, White & Newhouse LLP
Criminal law, First Amendment litigation
333 S Hope St Ste 4000
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: (213) 613-9446
Fax: (213) 613-0550
Email: kwhite@brownwhitelaw.com
Harvard Univ Law School
Americans view their cars as literal and figurative vehicles of self-expression, not mere tools of transportation. William Faulkner called them our "national sex symbol," and Marshal McLuhan described them as the "article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete in the urban compound." Marketing and psychological studies have consistently revealed that we see our cars as reflections of our personality.
So we can't be surprised when our cars become the fo...
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