Supreme Court Rejects Free Speech Challenge to California Honking Law

Published on February 26, 2024

The Supreme Court decided on Feb. 26 to reject a case about whether honking a car horn is a constitutionally protected form of free speech. Although Americans have long sounded vehicle horns to express themselves politically, many states, including California, forbid honking the horn on one’s automobile except to warn of a safety hazard. Officials say hitting the horn excessively reduces the effectiveness of honking as a means of signaling danger or facilitating the flow of traffic. The justices announced in an unsigned order (pdf) that they turned away the petition for certiorari, or review, in Porter v. Martinez. There was no recorded dissent and the justices did not explain their decision. The case would have moved forward to the oral argument stage if at least four of the nine justices had voted to grant the petition....

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