Q: I recently went to exchange my war veteran license plates (barber pole and stars style). The woman there told me I had to get the plate with the faded flag on it. I did not serve my country for ...

The plates are now listed as “out of stock” on the state Department of Motor Vehicles’ website. In a span of seven days, 152 Confederate flag plates were ordered, officials said.

In 2009, the group Confederate Veterans, Inc., requested the flag on a specialty license plate, but Texas refused. The veterans group sued, and the case ultimately went to the Supreme Court.