U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Westboro Baptist picketing at military funerals

SCOTUS Blog: “The Supreme Court, taking on the emotionally charged issue of picketing protests at the funerals of soldiers killed in wartime, agreed Monday to consider reinstating a $5 million damages verdict against a Kansas preacher and his anti-gay crusade. This was one of three newly granted cases. The others test the constitutionality of background checks for workers who work for the government under contract, rather than as regular employees . . . ”

Religion Clause Blog provides more information in the Phelps case and links to some of the filings.

The Volokh Conspiracy has a number of posts discussing the nuances of the case.

Snyder v. Phelps, et al., 09-751