JOHN T. MITCHELL v. MARYLAND MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION
Court of Special Appeals, Eyler, Filed Nov. 25, 2015,
Speech – Vanity Plates are private speech on government property; no 1st Amendment right to say “shit” in Spanish

the MVA received a complaint from a member of the public about Mitchell’s vanity
plates. It investigated and determined that “mierda” is the Spanish word for “shit.”

“So, what’d you do at work today?”