Yesterday the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting
en banc, heard oral arguments in
Bible Believers vs Wayne County. (
Audio of full oral arguments.) In the case, a 3-judge panel last year, in a 2-1 decision, affirmed the district court's dismissal of civil rights claims by Christian evangelists who engaged in aggressive preaching at the 2012 Arab International Festival in Dearborn, Michigan. Police insisted that they leave when the crowd turned hostile. (See
prior posting.) The
Grosse Point Patch has more background on the case.