Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Campus Speech Authorities; Justice Thomas Dissents

Justice Samuel Alito also indicated that he would have granted the petition challenging Indiana University’s policy.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 10, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on March 3 turned away a free speech group’s challenge to so-called bias response teams that it claims unconstitutionally chill speech on campus.

The court denied the petition in Speech First Inc. v. Whitten without comment. At least four of the justices must vote for a petition for it to advance to the oral argument stage.