Man can get his pot license plate (after ACLU filed a federal lawsuit)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Joe Duggan

LINCOLN — Nebraska has snuffed out a lawsuit by agreeing to issue a marijuana-themed personal license plate to an activist leading a legalization drive in the state.

The Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles agreed Friday to sell the “NE420” plate to Frank Shoemaker of Holbrook, a lawyer working to put marijuana legalization on the 2012 ballot. The department previously denied the plate because the number “420” is associated with “a date and time for people to gather and smoke marijuana/cannabis,” said Beverly Neth, department director.

Shoemaker, with the backing of Nebraska ACLU, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, arguing that the denial infringed on his First Amendment right to free speech. The lawsuit brought the dispute to the attention of Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, who quickly advised the department to issue the plate based on similar federal cases in other states.

“They deemed it was probably a plate that might prevail at a federal level,” Neth said. “They deemed it was best to go ahead and issue the plate.”


Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20111121/NEWS01/711219866#man-can-get-his-pot-license-plate

[truthisfreedom]

1. Seems innocuous enough. Put 420 on everything.

420Ah batteries. 420 miles per charge. 420 million people who love the sound of 420.

[tomm2thumbs]

2. Besides '... 4 and 20 blackbirds, baked in a pie...'

A bunch of baked blackbirds...??

Now, wasn't THAT a dainty dish to set before the king?!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. trivia for the day.. the origins of PIE

Magpies didn't actually acquire the prefix mag- until the 17th century. Before that they were called simply "pies" or "pyes," the original Latin having been shortened and smoothed as it made its way through older versions of French and English.

These chattering pies first show up in English manuscripts in the 13th century, along with their close relatives crows, rooks and ravens. (blackbirds)

But it's not long before the word pie starts to turn up with its edible meaning.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/17/142460593/for-the-origins-of-pie-look-to-the-humble-magpie

[Zephie]

3. I'm glad he can get it, but he's just asking to be pulled over again and again...

[Politicalboi]

5. Here officer, here I am

I never put ANYTHING on my vehicle with a pot reference. You're just asking for trouble. And I live in Ca.