Tennessee woman sues after state officials deem vanity license plate 'offensive'
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A Nashville woman is suing Tennessee officials after her vanity license plate reading “69PWNDU” was taken away a decade after she first registered it.
Tennessee Department of Revenue officials ruled it "offensive" and in violation of the law – putting Gilliam at risk of prosecution. "The First Amendment forbids the government from discriminating against citizens based on the viewpoint they express," Daniel A. Horwitz, one of Gilliam’s attorneys, said in a statement. "Ms. Gilliam’s harmless vanity plate is transparently protected by the First Amendment, and the only illegality involved is the Tennessee Department of Revenue’s decision to violate her First Amendment rights."More Related News
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