The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case from Virginia Tech over a policy enabling students to report incidents of perceived bias on campus. An appeals court backed Virginia Tech, but the Supreme Court said the policy had been discontinued so was moot. (NBC News, March 4, 2024, by Lawrence Hurley)
The nonprofit Speech First brought the case and several others challenging universities on policies they contend are intolerant of conservative views on such issues as LlGBTQ+ rights and the Black Lives Matter movement. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito wanted to take the case arguing that policies like the Virginia Tech policy would chill speech, and a decision by the court would end the “patchwork of First Amendment rights on college campuses.” (SCOTUSBlog, March 4, 2024, by Amy Howe)