Vanity plate

I have an opinion.

All vanity plates should require approval by a three-person panel.

I like this.

If three people can't figure out what your plate means within five minutes, it should be rejected.

They know what it means.

I can put whatever you want on there.

My general opinion on this is I'm just out on all vanity plates, and everyone should just be forced to have the same style of license plate.

I disagree.

And they vacated the prior order and remanded the case.

The case put the popular Virginia vanity plate program under the microscope.

Since 1981, Virginia has allowed residents to request custom plates with a personalized character combination.

participating motorists pay a $10 annual fee at registration.

Per the court's opinion, 11% of Virginia vehicles have got personalized plates on them.

A law professor at William & Mary, who specializes in First Amendment issues, said the decision is noteworthy, and it is, obviously.

There has been substantial litigation over vanity plates, but this is the first federal appeals court to weigh in on the matter.

noting that the importance of the substance of the decision, namely its examination of the government speech doctrine, which established when a government is speaking and thus when it can exclude speech based on content or viewpoint.