Supreme Court to Consider Preacher's Challenge to Speech Restrictions at Amphitheater

Supreme Court to Review Local Law Barring Preaching in Public Spaces

The Supreme Court on July 3 decided to reconsider an evangelist’s stalled challenge to a protest ordinance in a Mississippi city. The court’s new decision in Olivier v. City of Brandon took the form of an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision. The petitioner, Gabriel Olivier, is a Christian “who feels called to share the gospel with his fellow citizens,” according to the petition he filed with the Supreme …

Supreme Court to consider preacher's challenge to speech restrictions at amphitheater

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider reviving a preacher's challenge to a Mississippi town ordinance restricting his ability to evangelize outside of an am