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| | Wooley v. Maynard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | The issue on appeal is whether the State of New Hampshire may constitutionally enforce criminal sanctions against [p707] persons who cover the motto "Live Free or Die" on passenger vehicle license plates because that motto is repugnant to their moral and religious beliefs. |
 | | New Hampshire's interest in the enforcement of its defacement statute is not sufficient to justify the restriction on [appellee's] constitutionally protected expression. |
 | | License plates are issued without the state motto for trailers, agricultural vehicles, car dealers, antique automobiles, the Governor of New Hampshire, its Congressional Representatives, its Attorney General, Justices of the State Supreme Court, veterans, chaplains of the state legislature, sheriffs, and others. |
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