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27 Nov 2017, 9:13 am
In 2016, a federal district court sided with Nebraska in the Shirley Phelps-Roper case. [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 4:05 am
According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, a Westboro spokesperson Shirley Phelps-Roper said that Westboro objected to the fact that Davis is divorced and remarried. [read post]
19 Mar 2014, 4:10 am
Former spokesperson and church attorney Shirley Phelps-Roper has lost influence in the church; its spokesman is now apparently Steve Drain. [read post]
8 Sep 2013, 7:05 am
ABP reports that Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of Westboro Baptist Church, last week filed an amended complaint in her "as applied" challenge to Nebraska's funeral picketing law. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 4:15 am
Megan Phelps-Roper and her sister Grace-- daughters of Westboro Baptist Church leader Shirley Phelps-Roper, and granddaughters of Westboro's founder Fred Phelps-- have left the church, according to a report yesterday by Jeff Chu at Medium. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 5:00 am
Bexis would be Sinatra, Sullivan would be Dino, Yeary would be Shirley MacLaine, leaving your current scribe as … Joey Bishop. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 9:56 am
"Shirley Phelps-Roper brought this action to enjoin the enforcement of the Nebraska Funeral Picketing Law, arguing that it violates her First Amendment right to free speech. [read post]
8 Oct 2011, 6:17 pm
” Sister and lawyer Shirley Phelps, who is the main spokesperson for the Church also tweeted “God used Steve Jobs to create amazing STUFF for WBC (Westboro Baptist Church) to preach”. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 10:42 am
Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 8:13 am
Disclosure: I represented Shirley Phelps-Roper in a partially successful lawsuit challenging Ohio's funeral-protest law as amended precisely to keep the Phelps clan out of the state.. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 4:05 am
The Topeka (KA) Capital-Journal reports that the Westboro Baptist Church has agreed to call off its planned picketing of the funerals of victims of the Tucson shooting massacre (see prior posting) in exchange for appearances by church spokesperson Shirley Phelps-Roper on several radio talk shows.The protest at the funeral of 9-year old Christina Green was bartered for appearances on talk shows on a suburban Phoenix station and a Canadian station. [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 5:28 am
On Tuesday, the NewsHour spoke with Snyder, his attorney, Sean Summers, Shirley Phelps-Roper, a defendant in the case, and her sister Margie. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 12:43 am
(Disclosure, I represented Shirley Phelps-Roper in her partly-successful challenge to Ohio's prohibition on protests near funerals.)It's hard to be a teenager. [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 4:20 am
Sarpy County, Nebraska is close to reaching an agreement with Westboro Baptist Church leader Shirley Phelps-Roper that will lead to dismissing charges of negligent child abuse and disturbing the peace that have been brought against her. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 4:00 am
In so doing, the court refused a request by Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of Westboro Baptist Church, to issue a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the statute . [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 3:19 pm
(Eugene Volokh) In Fall 2007, I blogged about a flag desecration prosecution involving the Phelpsians: [Shirley Phelps-Roper] appeared in Sarpy County Court to answer charges that she mutilated a flag and put her child in danger while protesting at the funeral of a Bellevue soldier.... [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 4:28 pm
"Phelps-Roper loses appeal": The Topeka Capital-Journal has a news update that begins, "The Nebraska Supreme Court has dismissed Shirley Phelps-Roper's latest appeal in a case involving a Nebraska flag-desecration law, but her attorney said the legal battle isn't over. [read post]
29 Sep 2009, 6:32 am
Shirley Phelps-Roper, leader of the Westboro protest, said the church stopped at OU as part of a love campaign across the country to protest Jews killing Christ over 2,000 years ago. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 2:16 pm
(In the interests of full disclosure, I should note that I represented Shirley Phelps-Roper in a partially successful challenge to an Ohio law specifically enacted to prevent the family from coming here to protest at military funerals.) [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 1:02 am
Westboro spokesperson Shirley Phelps-Roper told the The Brooklyn Paper that their efforts could be seen as an "obey your God rally. [read post]
