Vermont Settles Vanity Plate Case After 2nd Circuit Loss

Friday's Washington Examiner reports that the state of Vermont will not seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the 2nd Circuit decision last October invalidating its vanity license plate statute's exclusion of plates with religious rreferences. (See prior posting.) In a settlement reached last week, the state agreed that Vermonter Shawn Byrne will be issued the license plate "JN36TN", intended to refer to the Biblical verse John 3:16. It will also allow others to obtain vanity plates with religious references. In addition, the state will pay Byrne's $150,000 in legal fees.