BuzzFeed - In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Texas' speciality license plates are government speech, and the state can reject a proposal featuring the confederate flag. Mark Wilson / Getty Images WASHINGTON â The Supreme Court upheld Texas's rejection of a specialty license plate proposal that featured the the Confederate flag, ruling Thursday that it was not a violation of free speech rights. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that Texas's speciality vehicle license plates constitute government speech, and the state was therefore within its rights to refuse an application by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. In a rare move, Justice Clarence Thomas joined the four liberal justices in the majority opinion, which was written by Justice Stephen Breyer. The Supreme Court had accepted the case after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that such specialty plates are private speech. "Texas license plates are, e
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