US EditionSupreme Court to consider reviving Mississippi evangelist’s challenge to protest ordinance
- The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will decide whether to allow a lawsuit to proceed from Gabriel Olivier, who was prohibited from preaching near the Brandon Amphitheater in Mississippi.
- Olivier's lawyers contend that at the time of his arrest, he was exercising protected and respectful speech, but lower courts prevented his civil-rights lawsuit due to a legal paradox.
- The city states the restrictions target disturbances caused by Olivier and his group yelling insults like 'Jezebel' and 'drunkards,' not their religious speech, and the ordinance permits preaching from a designated protest zone.
- Kelly Shackelford, president of First Liberty Institute representing Olivier, emphasized that all individuals in the United States are entitled to freedom of expression under the First Amendment and deserve the opportunity to have their case heard in a court of law.
- The Supreme Court will decide this fall whether Olivier's rights and, by extension, free speech protections for all Americans will be upheld in this case.
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Mississippi Street Preacher’s Case Heads to US Supreme Court
Street preacher Gabriel Olivier says that the City of Brandon, Mississippi, violated his religious and free speech rights by restricting him from public property. The City says it took steps to bar him from harassing people using a loudspeaker outside an amphitheater. The post Mississippi Street Preacher’s Free Speech Case Heads to US Supreme Court appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
Supreme Court to consider reviving lawsuit restricting evangelizing in Brandon
The Supreme Court will consider whether to revive a lawsuit from a man barred from evangelizing outside the Brandon Amphitheater after authorities say he shouted insults at people over a loudspeaker.
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Supreme Court to consider reviving evangelist's lawsuit over restrictions in small Mississippi town
The Supreme Court will consider whether to revive a lawsuit from a man barred from evangelizing outside a small-town Mississippi amphitheater after authorities say he shouted insults at people over a loudspeaker.
Supreme Court to consider reviving Mississippi evangelist’s challenge to protest ordinance
The Supreme Court said it will consider reviving an evangelist’s challenge to a Mississippi city’s protest ordinance, determining whether Gabriel Olivier can sue after being charged under it.
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