The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Indiana University’s use of a “bias response team,” prompting a dissent from Justice Clarence Thomas, who argued the case was an important opportunity to resolve a split among federal courts over whether such programs infringe on student free speech rights.

The Supreme Court said it won’t hear a challenge from conservative college students who say their freedom of speech is violated by an Indiana University program.

In the lawsuit, Speech First said the policy violated the First Amendment rights of its student members at Indiana University. The group also said the speech standards defined in

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away another opportunity to weigh the constitutionality of college bias response teams. Over the dissents of conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito,