SCOTUS Rejects Free Speech Claim By Street Preacher

Reuters reports:

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a traveling Christian evangelist’s free-speech challenge to a University of Alabama requirement that he obtain a permit before handing out religious pamphlets and preaching from a sidewalk adjacent to its campus.

The justices turned away an appeal by preacher Rodney Keister of a lower court’s ruling rejecting his claim that the university’s permit requirement violated free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.

In 2016, Keister, along with a companion, preached using an amplifier and distributed Christian literature from a sidewalk adjacent to the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, trying to engage passersby.

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The Supreme Court declined to hear a traveling Christian evangelist’s free-speech challenge to a University of Alabama requirement that he obtain a permit before handing out religious pamphlets and preaching from a sidewalk next to campus. https://t.co/RmrzDEMvRC

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 21, 2023

SCOTUS has declined to hear a freedom of speech case from evangelist Rodney Keister, after the University of Alabama told him he needed a permit to preach on campus. Justice Amy Coney Barrett did add that, “Rodney Keister is the best gay porn name EVER” pic.twitter.com/5bQJM6cIvg

— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) March 20, 2023