In Tuesday’s RNS report Adelle M. Banks reports on reaction to the Supreme Court’s assisted suicide ruling today: Advocates reacted with triumph and disappointment to Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law, which touches on a variety of religious and ethical issues. In a 6-3 decision, the nation’s highest court determined that the U.S. attorney general is not permitted to prevent doctors from prescribing drugs for physician-assisted suicide when a state law permits such action. “The attorney general … is not authorized to make a rule declaring illegitimate a medical standard for care and treatment of patients that is specifically authorized under state law,” wrote Justice Anthony M. Kennedy for the majority in the case.

Greg Garrison writes from Birmingham, Ala. about an evangelist who preaches the gospel in traffic: On a chilly Saturday afternoon, evangelist John Brown, also known as “Jesus Man,” holds a microphone to his mouth and melodically chirps out a sermon in a Jamaican accent as cars go by. “The reason why I’m here is because God put me here,” Brown said. “What is wrong with one righteous man in the street telling people about God? I’m only a servant.” For five years, Brown has been preaching nearly every Saturday afternoon along Lakeshore Drive, at the intersection of Interstate 65. “People cuss me up,” he said. “Some come by and shake my hand.” For anyone who asks, Brown will show off his teeth, which are embossed with gold letters that spell out the word “Jesus.” He features a repertoire of 4-foot-wide signs and banners. “I got 100 signs,” he said. They bear such slogans as “If you love Jesus, honk; if you don’t, pull over” and “Make some noise for Jesus!” But some people think Brown makes too much noise for Jesus.