Showing posts with label Westboro Baptist Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Westboro Baptist Church. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

8th Circuit Upholds Nebraska's Funeral Picketing Law

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In Phelps-Roper v. Ricketts ,  (8th Cir., Aug. 11, 2017), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Nebraska's Funeral Picketing Law ...
Saturday, March 05, 2016

8th Circuit: Westboro Church Challenge To Picketing Law Should Be Dismissed As Moot

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In 2014, a Missouri federal district court rejected a vagueness challenge mounted by the Westboro Baptist Church to Missouri statutes that b...
Tuesday, November 03, 2015

Anti-Westboro Baptist Church Protesters Challenge City Ordinance Used Against Them

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In Topeka, Kansas yesterday, Four members of the Journey 4 Justice motorcycle group pleaded not guilty in Topeka Municipal Court to the misd...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Anti-Gay Westboro Baptist Church Pickets Anti-Gay Marriage Kim Davis

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In a move that puzzled some observers, four members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church yesterday picketed near the Rowan County, Ke...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

Westboro Baptist Attempt To Intervene In Same-Sex Marriage Case Again Rejected

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In Marie v. Moser ,  (D KA, Dec. 18, 2014), a Kansas federal district court for a second time (see prior posting ) refused to allow Westboro...
Sunday, December 07, 2014

Iowa's Flag Desecration and Misuse Laws Invalidated In Suit By Westboro Baptist Church Demonstrators

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In Phelps v. Red Oak Police Chief , (SD IA, Dec. 3, 2014), an Iowa federal district court held Iowa's flag desecration and flag misuse ...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Fred Phelps, Founder of Anti-Gay Westboro Baptist Church, Dies

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As reported by CNN , Fred Phelps, Sr., founder of the Topeka, Kansas- based Westboro Baptist Church , died today at age 84.  Members of the ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Court Rejects Vagueness Attack On Missouri Funeral Picketing Law

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In Phelps-Roper v. Koster , (WD MO, March 10, 2014), a Missouri federal district court rejected a vagueness challenge to a Missouri statute ...