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The number of Tennesseans now displaying Confederate battle flag license plates is higher than at any other point in the last decade, according to state data on the controversial specialty tags. The ...

SCV is a group that claims it seeks to celebrate the old battle flag as a “symbol of sacrifice, independence and Southern heritage.” Nine states, including Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, ...

If you’re a driver registered in Texas and you want to customize your license plate with a picture of the Confederate flag, well, you can’t. Says who? you may ask, clutching your confederate flag like ...

WASHINGTON — States that sell specialty license plates promoting everything from "Choose Life" to "Conserve Water" can prohibit images like the Confederate flag, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The ...

HOUSTON -- Texas is considering a specialty license plate that would feature the Confederate flag. The idea is to honor Texans who fought in the Civil War, but some people say they are offended by the ...

You'd think that the concept of Confederate license plates would go over wonderfully in Texas, but surprisingly that's not exactly the case. When the Sons of Confederate Veterans state branch (think ...

RICHMOND — With nearly a quarter of Virginia’s Sons of Confederate Veterans license plates, the Richmond region is one of the state’s top strongholds for Confederate heritage supporters, according to ...

The justices granted a hearing that Texas sought after the Fifth Circuit ruled against the DMV's actions on First Amendment grounds. During its session that starts in March 2015, the U.S. Supreme ...

DANVILLE — Virginia has revoked specialty license plates featuring a Confederate battle flag after a federal judge dissolved an injunction allowing the image. The Department of Motor Vehicles will ...