ACLU files a lawsuit on behalf of noted civic leaders the KKK

The ACLU is suing the state of Georgia on behalf of the KKK, so it looks like we'll find out if they have courtroom-appropriate robes. The Klan's klaim, um, claim is that their First Amendment rights were violated when Georgia wouldn't let them into the Adopt-A-Highway program. When Harley Hanson, the ridiculously titled Grand Cyclops, filed the group's request in May, they were swiftly denied. "A state road sign with 'KKK' on it would … rightly offend the vast majority of Georgians," the governor's spokesman said. Trashy as they are, the KKK will probably win; In 2000, they were awarded a stretch of highway in Missouri after a similar lawsuit. The court held that "the First Amendment protects everyone, even those with viewpoints as thoroughly obnoxious as those of the Klan." [Source]

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