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"A man behind a vanity license plate request that went to the state Supreme Court said Thursday that he considers himself an advocate for people's rights.Click to watch News 9's coverage.His name used to be David Montenegro, but he legally changed it to \"human.\" He said he wanted to get the license plate \"COPSLIE\" to express his feelings about the government, not to take it on.\"Initially, I just wanted to get a license plate that said 'COPSLIE,' but the (Department of Motor Vehicles) resisted that, and as they resisted, the issue became bigger and bigger,\" he said. \"It went from being an issue of whether or not I get a license plate to an issue of free speech, for me, and then to be an issue of free speech for all New Hampshire drivers.\"The DMV denied the plate because it was found to be offensive. Lawyers for human argued that the regulation was overbroad, unconstitutionally vague and not viewpoint-neutral. The state Supreme Court unanimously agreed.The DMV will have to come up with a new rule, and the case has been remanded back to Superior Court. Whether human is eventually able to get the COPSLIE plate is still not certain.\"As long as the DMV's new rules are constitutional, I have no problem with it, but I expect it will be difficult for the DMV to come up with a rule which disallows COPSLIE,\" he said.He said the government made a mistake in fighting the license plate.\"By denying the license plate COPSLIE and making a Supreme Court case about it, the DMV has spread that message, 'COPSLIE,' further and wider than I ever could've done on a simple license plate,\" he said. \"And now that it is a state Supreme Court precedent, it could potentially enter cases countrywide.\"The DMV said that while it waits to address rule changes, new vanity plate requests could be taken under advisement.In the meantime, human said he has several other cases in litigation but would like a job as a paralegal."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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