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Here's some background to last week's Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion, which basically eliminated the First Amendment rights of Christians by a Sharia-style ruling that the free speech of a Christian group in public is restrained by Islamic objections, in effect an islamic "heckler's veto."

On May 11, 2011, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered an opinion (archived at Saieg v. City of Dearborn, et al.), which supported the rights of a former Muslim, now Christian pastor, George Saieg and his group's talking and handing out brochures at a 2011 Arab International Festival in (what is more appropriately called the islamofascist regime of) Dearbornistan (Wayne County), Michigan.

At the following year's festival, under the Nazi-like leadership of Wayne County Deputy Chief of Operations Dennis "Heinrich Himmler" Richardson, Director of Law Enforcement Mike "You have the option to leave; I hope you understood me" Jaefar, and Wayne County Director of Legal Affairs Ursala "Chef Oberaufseherin" Henry, the Dearbornistan Gestapo simply stood back as the islamomob (including young children) cursed, threatened, and then rioted as they threw eggs, rocks, pieces of concrete, bottles, and other objects at the Christian group legally gathered in a public area. Several Christians were injured, but did not retaliate verbally or by force. Here's the video of the islamo-violence.

Deputy Führer Richardson's Gestapo finally moved in—on the Christians!— and threatened to cite the Christian group for disorderly conduct if they did not leave. The Christian group sued the county and the various thug officials for violating and failing to protect their First Amendment rights.

According to an August 28, 2014, article, "Appeals Court Rules Against Christian Missionaries Attacked at Arab Festival":

In May of 2013, District Court Judge Patrick J. Duggan ruled against the evangelism group, arguing that they lacked a case against Wayne County.

"Plaintiffs have cited no authority, and the court has not located any, for the proposition that free speech rights categorically trump the authority of municipal entities to preserve order and protect public safety," wrote Duggan.

"The court finds that the actual demonstration of violence here provided the requisite justification for [the Wayne County sheriffs'] intervention, even if the officials acted as they did because of the effect the speech had on the crowd."

That led to the Christian group's appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.