WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Supreme Court will hear a case on Wednesday involving a street preacher who wants to challenge the constitutionality of a city’s ordinance.

The challenger, Gabriel Olivier, is asking the nation’s highest court to allow him to move ahead with his lawsuit after he was fined for violating an ordinance that restricts protests outside an amphitheater in Brandon, Mississippi.

Olivier used to preach on the street outside the amphitheater. His counsel, Nate Kellum from First Liberty Institute, said Oliver chose the location strategically.

“And so, on nights of events, he can catch a substantial number of people with whom he can share his message,” Kellum said.

But the city said the Olivier and his group were shouting insults at concertgoers and holding signs that sho

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