Cert Denial: Where Do Student Speech Rights End? The ‘Two Genders’ T-Shirt Controversy

L. M. v. Middleborough, Petitioner v. United States, et al. | Decision Date: 5/27/25 | Case No. 24-410 Link to Docket: Here . Question Presented: Whether school officials may presume substantial disruption or a violation of the rights of others from a student’s silent, passive, and untargeted ideological speech simply because that speech relates to matters of personal identity, even when the speech responds to the school’s opposing views, actions, or policies. Result: Denial of certiorari. Voting Breakdown: 7-2. Justices Thomas and Alito dissented from the denial of certiorari. Link to Decision: Here .