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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:44 PM Jul 2015

Can KKK 'adopt a highway'? Appellate court to take up matter

ATLANTA (AP)
The Georgia Court of Appeals set to hear arguments over the state's refusal to let a Ku Klux Klan group participate in a highway cleanup program.

The north Georgia KKK group's application for the Adopt-A-Highway program was denied in 2012. The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation sued on the group's behalf, saying its right to free speech was violated. In November, a judge ruled in the organization's favor, saying it could adopt a stretch of highway and that the state gave the KKK scrutiny not applied to other groups.

The state has appealed and wants the ruling reversed.
In denying the application, the state said promoting an organization with a history of inciting unrest could negatively affect quality of life and economic development in Georgia.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/georgia/2015/07/09/can-kkk-adopt-a-highway-appellate-court-to-take-up-matter/29906593/
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aikoaiko

(34,127 posts)
1. Given the more recent ruling on states being able to deny CSA flags on plates, it might be reversed
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:48 PM
Jul 2015

maybe

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
3. I imagine you can find the judges of the Georgia Court of Appeals, via Google.
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 01:06 PM
Jul 2015

I also think whoever loses the case may appeal to the next higher court.

 

Humanist_Activist

(7,670 posts)
7. Its still called Rosa Parks Highway, right outside St. Louis.
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 03:26 PM
Jul 2015

The KKK then failed to maintain it, so were dropped from the program.

tritsofme

(17,325 posts)
5. The ACLU is an deeply admirable organization, and I stand with them.
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 03:11 PM
Jul 2015

While incredibly distasteful and disgusting, I will not refuse Voltaire's challenge.

As we recently saw with the bus bill-board cases, there are sometimes ways the state can take some lawful actions that limit their obligation to display offensive material, but at this point it seems Georgia is in the wrong.

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