Supreme Court protester charged

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court police arrested a courtroom protester after he shouted out that supporters of same-sex marriage can "burn in hell" midway through Tuesday's oral arguments.

A spokeswoman for the court identified the man as Rives Miller Grogan. Police charged him under a law that prohibits making a "harangue or oration" inside the Supreme Court and with impeding the administration of justice.

His shouts on Tuesday echoed in the court's marble hallway as the Obama administration's lawyer, Donald Verrilli, began his argument that gay and lesbians' right to marry is "integral to human dignity."

Grogan has a history of being kicked out of things. He had been blocked from the U.S. Capitol for shouting anti-abortion rhetoric, was arrested after he ran onto the field of a Cincinnati Reds game, and again when he climbed a tree and tried to shout down President Obama during his 2013 inauguration.

A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, William Miller, said prosecutors are reviewing the matter.

Justice Antonin Scalia called the outburst "rather refreshing actually," to a burst of laughter.