Whitton v. Dixon · ¶50
Or consider Speech First, Inc. v. Whitten, 604 U. S. ––– (2025). In that case, the Court declined to hear a student association's challenge to Indiana University's “bias response team,” which fields anonymous complaints about student speech and considers whether to refer the accused to campus offices or the police. Id., at ––– – ––– (Thomas, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari). “[O]ver 450 universities” reportedly had “similar bias-reporting schemes.” Speech First, Inc. v. Sands, 601 U. S. –––, ––– (2024) (Thomas, J., dissenting). Under these university policies, an untold number of American students with “unpopular” views had to “self-censor their discussion of these views out of fear that others will likely report them” to the bias response team. Speech First, Inc. v. Whitten, 604 U. S., at ––– (internal quotation marks omitted). Lower courts had held that these students did not…Read in context ›
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