Editing Liberty, Kentucky (section)

==History==
It was founded prior to 1806 by several [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] veterans upon their military grants and named out of patriotic sentiment. In 1808, it was made the seat of Casey County owing to its central location. The post office was opened in 1814.<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA171 pp. 171–172]. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 August 2013.</ref> The town was formally established by the [[Kentucky Assembly|state assembly]] in 1830 and incorporated in 1860.<ref name=sos>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Liberty, Kentucky". Accessed 1 August 2013.</ref>

In 2012, the Kentucky Supreme Court struck down Liberty Police using road blocks as a means for writing tickets for failure to display a city sticker. They blasted Liberty for selecting the most intrusive means possible to achieve its goal.<ref>[http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/37/3780.asp Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down City Sticker Roadblock; TheNewspaper; May 1, 2012.]</ref><ref>[http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2012/ky-sticker.pdf Singleton v. Kentucky; Kentucky Supreme Court; April 25, 2012.]</ref>