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Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: SarahPalinPlates ()
Date: July 13, 2011 06:34AM

FEDERAL LAWSUIT OVER NEVADA DMV BAN ON SARAH PALIN PLATES BUT ISSUING OBAMA PLATES

Reno, Nevada – Is the Nevada DMV so scared of Sarah Palin that they’d trample on the US Constitution and the Nevada State Constitution to ban free speech and keep her name off license plates?

Judging from a lawsuit filed Monday in US Federal Court, you’d think so.

The case stems from the Nevada DMV’s continued issuance of plates such as “GO OBAMA”, while banning plates such as “GO PALIN” or even “PALIN” as “vulgar or obscene.” The Nevada DMV continues to implement this policy, banning only Conservative- or Republican-related plates while issuing Liberal or Democrat ones, despite the obvious bias of this practice, and rulings by the US Supreme Court protecting free speech even on personalized license plates. In what should an obvious sign of the DMV’s fear of public awareness of their actions, the Nevada DMV has admitted under oath the inconsistency of their actions, and that they use a secret, unelected committee to make decisions to ban personalized plates.

At issue are when will the Nevada DMV be forced to stop censoring free speech, to alter its practices of using public policy to advance a particular political agenda, and to give up abuse of their positions of authority to run up legal costs for anyone daring to challenge them.

Capt. James Linlor, of Zephyr Cove, Nevada brought the lawsuit after repeated requests to the Nevada DMV to reverse their policies and stop banning free speech, and several state-level hearings that the DMV lost. The DMV (in fitting irony) even got “thrown under the bus” by the Nevada State Attorney General’s office, which declined to provide representation for the DMV in their legal appeals.

The case and examples of the Nevada DMV’s allegedly illegal practices are chronicled at http://sarahpalinplates.com.

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: July 13, 2011 07:03AM

SarahPalinPlates Wrote:
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>
> The case stems from the Nevada DMV’s continued
> issuance of plates such as “GO OBAMA”,

I've never seen these and the story sounds bogus. The reported "Obama" plates aren't even listed on Nevada's DMV website.

https://dmvapp.nv.gov/dmv/vr/plateav/plateav_chosebackground.aspx

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: SoylentGreen ()
Date: July 13, 2011 07:14AM

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> SarahPalinPlates Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> > The case stems from the Nevada DMV’s
> continued
> > issuance of plates such as “GO OBAMA”,
>
> I've never seen these and the story sounds bogus.
> The reported "Obama" plates aren't even listed on
> Nevada's DMV website.
>
> https://dmvapp.nv.gov/dmv/vr/plateav/plateav_chose
> background.aspx


Hey..that's good enough for me. Meepers "gut feeling" is more than enough proof that something doesn't exist.

(did you even check out the website before deciding there were no liberal professors..er...no such thing as what the OP stated?)

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: July 13, 2011 07:29AM

SoylentGreen Wrote:
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> Hey..that's good enough for me. Meepers "gut
> feeling" is more than enough proof that something
> doesn't exist.

Not saying they don't exist. They're not listed on the DMV's website and the story sounds bogus. But I guess something posted on this forum without any reference should be accepted at face value. No one ever lies on the internet.

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: sarahpalinplates ()
Date: July 16, 2011 04:30AM

I don't begrudge your suspicion, but I'll link to the case once the court records catch up and it gets posted. Yes, I was issued GO OBAMA but I did not put it on a car in NV in time (didn't own enough cars, go figure) but the DMV usually reserves the plate for a year, but in this case, they put it right back out there! (coincidence, or not?)

Bottom line is: yes, this is for real

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: July 16, 2011 06:45AM

sarahpalinplates Wrote:
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> I don't begrudge your suspicion,

Funny. Google the phrase 'Obama license plate nevada' (without quotes), and the very first hit is this thread on fairfaxunderground. Not a newspaper, not a state website, not a blog. This forum. And none of the other first-page hits are related to this story. None. Then on the second page, it finally finds that sarah palin website you posted above.

Looks like the only 2 places on the entire internet documenting your goofball story are this thread and your silly website.

Typical teabagger nonsense. There aren't death panels, the president isn't a Muslim, there isn't socialism or sharia in our country, and there aren't Go Obama license plates in NV.

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: Meeeko ()
Date: July 16, 2011 08:43AM

SarahPalinPlates Wrote:
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> FEDERAL LAWSUIT OVER NEVADA DMV BAN ON SARAH PALIN
> PLATES BUT ISSUING OBAMA PLATES
>
> Reno, Nevada – Is the Nevada DMV so scared of
> Sarah Palin that they’d trample on the US
> Constitution and the Nevada State Constitution to
> ban free speech and keep her name off license
> plates?
>
> Judging from a lawsuit filed Monday in US Federal
> Court, you’d think so.
>
> The case stems from the Nevada DMV’s continued
> issuance of plates such as “GO OBAMA”, while
> banning plates such as “GO PALIN” or even
> “PALIN” as “vulgar or obscene.” The
> Nevada DMV continues to implement this policy,
> banning only Conservative- or Republican-related
> plates while issuing Liberal or Democrat ones,
> despite the obvious bias of this practice, and
> rulings by the US Supreme Court protecting free
> speech even on personalized license plates. In
> what should an obvious sign of the DMV’s fear of
> public awareness of their actions, the Nevada DMV
> has admitted under oath the inconsistency of their
> actions, and that they use a secret, unelected
> committee to make decisions to ban personalized
> plates.
>
> At issue are when will the Nevada DMV be forced to
> stop censoring free speech, to alter its practices
> of using public policy to advance a particular
> political agenda, and to give up abuse of their
> positions of authority to run up legal costs for
> anyone daring to challenge them.
>
> Capt. James Linlor, of Zephyr Cove, Nevada brought
> the lawsuit after repeated requests to the Nevada
> DMV to reverse their policies and stop banning
> free speech, and several state-level hearings that
> the DMV lost. The DMV (in fitting irony) even got
> “thrown under the bus” by the Nevada State
> Attorney General’s office, which declined to
> provide representation for the DMV in their legal
> appeals.
>
> The case and examples of the Nevada DMV’s
> allegedly illegal practices are chronicled at
> http://sarahpalinplates.com.


It only makes sense that a conservative Republican governor (the third consecutive one in Nevada) would allow the DMV under his watch to disparage conservative drivers. A shrewd ploy to stir up discontent against "big government" and get himself reelected.

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: sarahpalinplates ()
Date: July 19, 2011 07:53AM

Ha! You lose. Oh, and hey, nice rant claiming the President isn't a socialist -- but sounds Freudian to me -- this case is about license plates and free speech, you must be harboring guilt and fear that someone will realize that you ARE supporting a socialist and to try to throw that non-sequitur into every conversation?! ha!

Oh yeah, a link to the articles you said didn't exist (with the Las Vegas Sun article included):
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nevada-man-sues-dmv-for-rejecting-gopalin-license-plate-as-vulgar/

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: July 19, 2011 08:12AM

sarahpalinplates Wrote:
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> Oh yeah, a link to the articles you said didn't
> exist (with the Las Vegas Sun article included):
> http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nevada-man-sues-dm
> v-for-rejecting-gopalin-license-plate-as-vulgar/

The LV Sun article is dated 7/18, so yeah, it didn't exist when I wrote my post on July 16. Kinda hard to read a news article days before it has been written, doncha think?

Thanks for posting the link. I was under the impression that you were talking about specialized plates (like the kind you see for universities)- not vanity plates. It sounded like the state was issuing special "Go Obama" plates, but it turns out that it's someone who wants a vanity plate that says "Go Palin".

It's stupid to allow one and not the other. It's also completely retarded to have either as a license plate- and even a special level of retarded to sue over it. Get a friggin bumper sticker.

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: sarahpalinplates ()
Date: July 19, 2011 09:56AM

Isn't it ironic how you namecall about someone protecting free speech, when you run such a vile blog that except for free speech laws should be shut down? You hide behind the 1st Ammendment, but you'd get thrown out of the ACLU because even they want freedom of speech for everyone and have filed amicus briefs supporting my rights in this case! I may not agree with them, but they are smart enough to see that some rights like free speech must be protected, or else -- you're next! Hey, maybe you can complain about how dumb the ACLU is, too?

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: July 19, 2011 10:09AM

I have a right to freely express my view that "GO PALIN" and "GO OBAMA" vanity plates are retarded.

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: ThePackLeader ()
Date: July 19, 2011 10:12PM

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> I have a right to freely express my view that "GO
> PALIN" and "GO OBAMA" vanity plates are retarded.


That's fair enough IMO.

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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).

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Re: Nevada DMV Lawsuit After Banning Sarah Palin License Plates
Posted by: freeman2 ()
Date: July 21, 2011 04:30AM

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> I have a right to freely express my view that "GO
> PALIN" and "GO OBAMA" vanity plates are retarded.


freedom of speach is awesome


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