WASHINGTON A U.S. Supreme Court oral argument was disrupted on Wednesday by a rare outburst from a protester who assailed a 2010 ruling on campaign finance. 
 
 The man interrupted proceedings in the patent case by shouting slogans like "Money is not speech," "Corporations are not people" and "Overturn Citizens United." 
 
 The man, identified as Noah Newkirk of Los Angeles, California, was protesting the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling which cleared the way for increased independent corporate and union spending during federal elections. 
 
 Police officers removed Newkirk after a brief scuffle. He has been charged with violating a law that prohibits "loud threatening or abusive language" in the Supreme Court building, a court spokeswoman said. 
 
 Afterward, Chief Justice John Roberts told the lawyer addressing the court from the lectern: "You have three minutes remaining." 
 
 None of the nine justices commented on the scuffle from the bench. 
 
 Outbursts in the Supreme Court are rare. The most high-profile incident took place in 1983, when Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt was ejected from the court for shouting obscenities at the justices during oral arguments in a libel case. 
 
 (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley, Joan Biskupic and Diane Bartz; Editing by Howard Goller and Richard Chang) ||||| Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court was the scene of an unusual disturbance during its public session on Wednesday, when a man interrupted an oral argument. 
 
 The incident occurred near the end of debate between the nine justices on the bench and counsel, in a case over attorney fees in patent disputes. 
 
 A man in a suit and dark tie rose from near the back of the marbled courtroom, and began loudly talking. 
 
 Witnesses said he spoke about the need to keep campaign finance reform laws in place to regulate election spending and contributions. 
 
 "Money is not speech," he reportedly said. "Overturn 'Citizens United!'" referring to a 2010 high court decision loosening a century of federal restrictions on corporate spending by "independent" groups like businesses and unions. 
 
 He was only able say a few words before police escorted him from the courtroom, and did not resist. 
 
 Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg identified the man as Noah Newkirk of Los Angeles. 
 
 Newkirk has been charged with violating federal law that makes it a crime to "harangue" or utter "loud threatening or abusive language in the Supreme Court Building." 
 
 The justices ignored the incident. 
 
 The court's official written transcript of the argument made no mention of the remarks. 
 
 Such outbursts are rare. 
 
 Court officials say the last time it happened was eight years ago, during an oral argument over a federal law restricting a certain type of later-term abortion procedure. 
 
 A similar interruption occurred about two decades ago. 
 
 The courtroom has about 330 seats available to the public. Court security instructs spectators before each public session to remain seated, not to speak, or demonstrate. 
 
 Signs also are not allowed, nor are any electronics or cameras. 
 
 Protester loses appeal in military protest case ||||| The October 2018 term began on Monday. The Supreme Court released additional orders from the September 24 conference; the justices called for the views of the solicitor general in eight cases, including Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian Thole v. U.S. Bank, N.A. , and Clearstream Banking S.A. v. Peterson , consolidated with Bank Markazi v. Peterson 
 
 On Monday, the justices heard oral argument in Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido. 
 
 On Tuesday, the justices heard oral argument in Gundy v. U.S. and Madison v. Alabama. 
 
 On Wednesday, the justices heard oral argument in Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania and New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira. 
 
 On Friday, the justices met for their October 5 conference; John Elwood’s Relist Watch compiles the petitions that were relisted for this conference. 
 
 The calendar for the October sitting is available on the court’s website.
– For the first time in eight years, the staidness of the Supreme Court was shaken up by an outburst from a protester yesterday. During a debate on attorney fees in patent lawsuits, a well-dressed man rose near the back of the courtroom to blast the court's 2010 Citizens United campaign finance decision, CNN reports. He shouted slogans like " Money is not speech," "Corporations are not people," and "Overturn Citizens United," before police removed him after a brief scuffle, reports Reuters. None of the nine justices commented on the outburst, which didn't make it into the official transcript. The last such interruption was during a debate on late-term abortion procedures in 2006, court officials say, and there was another protest in the chamber around 20 years ago. The protester, later identified as Noah Newkirk of Los Angeles, has been charged with making a "harangue or oration, or utter[ing] loud or threatening or abusive language in the Supreme Court Building," SCOTUSblog reports.