Jezebel Shouting
From Divided Argument by Will Baude, Dan Epps
April 2, 2026 · 38 min · Season 6 · Episode 12
About this episode
The episode discusses a recent Supreme Court decision regarding protest rights and its implications.
We're live at WashU Law's Admitted Students Day! After catching up on some shadow docket activity, we dig into Olivier v. City of Brandon, the Court's unanimous March 2026 decision by Justice Kagan. A Mississippi street preacher pleads no-contest to violating an amphitheater protest-zone ordinance, pays his $304 fine, then sues under §1983 to stop future enforcement — and the Fifth Circuit says the puzzling Heck v. Humphrey rule bars the whole thing. We work through why Heck is stranger than it first appears, what the Court got right in resolving the circuit split, and what the decision reveals about the ongoing mess at the intersection of §1983 and habeas.
People in this episode
Hosts: Will Baude, Dan Epps
Topics covered
- Supreme Court decisions
- First Amendment
- protest rights
- legal analysis
- habeas corpus
- §1983
Keywords
- Supreme Court
- Olivier v. City of Brandon
- protest-zone ordinance
- §1983
- Heck v. Humphrey
- Fifth Circuit
- Justice Kagan
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: City of Brandon, WashU Law
Books & works: Heck v. Humphrey
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