Justices Thomas, Alito dissent after SCOTUS rejects free speech case

The U.S. Supreme Court made a decision on March 3, declining to hear a challenge on Indiana University's use of a "bias response team."

Justice Clarence Thomas was NOT happy with the court's decision.

Thomas argued the case was an important opportunity to resolve a split among federal courts over whether such programs infringe on student free speech rights.

Bias response teams are active at more than 450 colleges nationwide and encourage students to report incidents of perceived bias to school officials. These groups typically don't have the authority to take disciplinary action, but in the politically correct era in which we live these days, often, all it takes is a single report to have quite an impact.

What the "bias response teams" are allowed to do is report students to university administrators or law enforcement for further action.

Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito wanted the Supreme Court to take up the case so that the court could solve an "important split" between lower federal appeals circuits.

"The Court’s refusal to intervene now leaves students subject to a ‘patchwork of First Amendment rights,’ with a student’s ability to challenge his university’s bias response policies varying depending on accidents of geography," Thomas argued.

All good things must come to an end. The majority here decided that this case had gone far enough.