Supreme Court Won’t Hear Free Speech Case Over Vanity Plate

The Tennessee Supreme Court previously held that license plates constitute government speech, not private expression.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 3, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away a Tennessee woman’s appeal of her state rejecting a personalized license plate for her car.

The court rejected the petition in Gilliam v. Gerregano on Dec. 8 in an unsigned order without comment. No justices dissented.