The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday for allowing the Confederate flag to appear on vanity license plates in Texas, something the state disallowed in 2011.
Texas officials had deemed the flag offensive and said that individual groups could not use the state to spread a message that Texas wanted no part in. As a result, the Sons of Confederate Veterans sued the state. The group's vanity license plates bear the Confederate flag in several other states, and they have said that Texas discriminated against the group's First Amendment rights by disallowing what they feel is a symbol of southern heritage.
The court's decision could affect whether private groups are allowed to use governmental means to propagate messages some might find offensive, and it will serve as something of a referendum on the Confederate flag itself. If Texas wins, the Supreme Court will have agreed that the flag can be deemed "offensive" by a governmental body.
We've rounded up some other places where the Confederate flag is most prominently and controversially displayed around the country, below.
On license plates in many other states
Though the license plates in Texas have taken center stage, the Sons of Confederate Veterans vanity plates have long been controversial.
Civil rights groups objected to them when Georgia officials approved their use, and officials in both Florida and Kentucky have prevented the plates from hitting the road.
The Kentucky chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is also considering a lawsuit against the state.
The state flag of Mississippi
Mississippi is home to the only state flag that still bears any resemblance to the symbol of the Confederacy.
The flag was adopted in 1894. According to the state government's website, the 13 stars are "sometimes said to represent the number of Confederate states and those that might have been Confederate," though the flag's original description says the stars represent America's original 13 states, of which Mississippi is not a part.
At the South Carolina Capitol building
The Confederate flag still hangs high over the South Carolina State House in Columbia, the capital of South Carolina.
Though various groups have called for its removal in recent years, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has defended its perch, saying the flag hasn't prevented the state from attracting business.
Along a Virginia highway
Huge Confederate flags have begun to pop up around Virginia, courtesy of a group called The Virginia Flaggers.
Perhaps the most controversial was raised near the city of Fredericksburg, about an hour's drive from the old Confederate capital of Richmond. Though it has upset some area residents, the flag is planted on private property and, after a review by local legislators, the placement was determined to be legal.
At the heart of another Sons of Confederate Veterans controversy
A massive Confederate flag that belongs to the Sons of Confederate Veterans waves above a highway weaving through Verbena, Alabama, and the symbol immediately stirred controversy when it was first raised. Some vowed to go after the flag any way they could, saying they'd try to determine whether it distracted drivers. But this flag, too, is legally planted on private property.
The group's Supreme Court case against Texas is set to be decided toward the end of June.