Reuters: U.S.: Supreme Court agrees to hear military protester case

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Supreme Court agrees to hear military protester case Jun 3rd 2013, 13:55 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Justices decline to hear Planned Parenthood funding case Tue, May 28 2013 U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case Mon, May 20 2013 Supreme Court agrees to hear Medtronic patent case Mon, May 20 2013 Analysis: Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning Thu, May 16 2013 U.S. Supreme Court rules for Monsanto in patent fight Mon, May 13 2013 Analysis & Opinion Stanford professor: State qui tam actions could be answer to Concepcion The way ahead for India’s "caged parrot" People walk in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, March 24, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON | Mon Jun 3, 2013 9:55am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a protester who was barred from a military base in California violated a federal law when he took part in demonstrations on a public roadway that crosses government-owned land. The government asked the justices to overturn a lower court ruling in favor of the protester, John Apel. He successfully argued in a federal appeals court that the law, which prevents people from re-entering bases after they are barred, applies only to land over which the military has exclusive authority. Apel, who protested against nuclear weapons, was barred from Vandenberg Air Force Base but continued to attend demonstrations outside the base entrance. The public roadway on which the protests took place is located on land owned by the government. Apel was convicted of three counts of trespassing on the base. The appeals court in San Francisco reversed the convictions, ruling that the government did not have an exclusive right of possession of the area where the alleged trespass took place. In asking the justices to hear the case, U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli wrote in court papers that the government "will be unable to fully enforce a significant federal criminal statute on many military bases" if the ruling was left to stand. Oral arguments and a ruling are due in the court's next term, which begins in October and ends in June 2014. The case is U.S. v. Apel, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-1038. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Howard Goller and Paul Simao) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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