The Supreme Court refused Monday to take up a First Amendment case to revisit a previous ruling enshrining abortion clinic buffer zone laws, earning a fiery dissent from Justice Thomas.

For nearly three years, it has seemed inevitable that the Supreme Court would strike down the “buffer zones” that restrict protests near the entrances of reproductive health clinics. A majority of the court has already castigated these laws—and past precedent upholding them—as a subversion of anti-abortion protesters’ First Amendment rights.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a case challenging an Illinois city’s abortion clinic buffer zone ordinance, prompting a sharp dissent from Justice Clarence Thomas, who argued that the Court missed an opportunity to clarify the status of a controversial precedent that has long been criticized for undermining First Amendment

Abortion opponents wanted the Supreme Court to scrap protest restrictions around clinics. Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said they would have taken the case.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented, saying that the precedent deserved a fresh look since the court overturned Roe.

Justice Clarence Thomas issued a forceful dissent on Monday after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging First Amendment restrictions for protesters outside abortion clinics. Thomas, an appointee of former President George H.

The Court refuses a case on ‘sidewalk counseling,’ over a vigorous dissent.

For nearly three years, it has seemed inevitable that the Supreme Court would strike down the “buffer zones” that restrict protests near the entrances of reproductive health clinics. A majority of the court has already castigated these laws—and past precedent upholding them—as a subversion of anti-abortion protesters’ First Amendment rights.

The Supreme Court turned away two appeals asking the justices to overrule a 25-year-old decision that allowed for buffer zones around abortion clinics.

Justice Clarence Thomas issued a forceful dissent on Monday after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging First Amendment restrictions for protesters outside abortion clinics. Thomas, an appointee of former President George H.

The Supreme Court's most conservative justice has called for the court to revisit the decision establishing the right to same-sex marriage.

The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear a case that could have led to the reversal of a decades-old decision upholding bubble zones outside abortion clinics as the city at the center of