Anthony Novak, a comedy fan in Parma, Ohio, made a Facebook account parodying his local police department. But Parma’s police department didn’t find his joke so funny, and arrested him for disrupting police operations. A jury found Novak not guilty, but a civil rights lawsuit he filed against police was dismissed in federal court.

Now The Onion, a Chicago-based satire news publication, has written an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Novak’s case and defend his right to free speech. Reset checks in with the comedy writer who wrote the brief.

GUEST: Mike Gillis, head writer, The Onion