The Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously that an antiabortion activist can challenge a local law that limits protests to a designated area. The law violates free speech rights, he contends.
Gabriel Olivier, an evangelical preacher, was arrested in May 2021 by police in Brandon, Mississippi, for protesting outside of a city amphitheater with a group. They waved pictures of aborted fetuses, passed out fliers and used a loudspeaker. The protest took place outside of a designated area for demonstrations in violation of a city ordinance.
