The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that personalized license plates are government speech and not subject to the First Amendment's ban on viewpoint discrimination. At the center of the case was plaintiff Leah Gilliam's personalized Tennessee license plate,

Unfortunately, it appears that Gilliam has lost the good fight… at least for now. The Supreme Court of Tennessee recently shared their majority opinion – and conclusion – which cited that government-issued license plates fall underneath the category of government speech, thus “69PWNDU” cannot be on a Tennessee license plate:

In a lengthy court battle, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled against a Nashville woman's custom license plate.

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled a personalized license plate is not free speech. It comes after a Nashville woman's plate was revoked.