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License Plates

The Mississippi Humanist Association, American Atheists and individual plaintiffs claim in a federal lawsuit that the state’s law requiring car owners to display its standard license plate design, which includes the words, “In God We Trust,” or pay a fee for a special design, violates the First Amendment.

JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Humanist Association, American Atheists and individual plaintiffs claim in a federal lawsuit that the state’s law requiring car owners to display its standard license plate design, which includes the words, “In God We Trust,” or pay a fee for a special design, violates the First Amendment. 

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