Supreme Court rejects two student speech cases in one week

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This past week, the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected two student speech cases brought against school districts, K-12 Drive reported. 

Justices rejected the second case, E.D. v. Noblesville School District, on Monday, resulting in a dissent from Justice Samuel Alito.

According to K-12 Drive, it was brought forward by an Indiana high school student who posted flyers for an anti-abortion club’s meetings. Administrators rejected the messaging because the flyers included images of students with “Defund Planned Parenthood” signage, among others. 

The club was later revoked after the student’s mother attended meetings, according to K-12 Drive. Meanwhile, there’s a push for the courts to revisit the issue more broadly. 

“This is not a case about tolerating private student speech,” wrote Judge Nancy Maldonado in a 2025 decision, K-12 Drive reported. “To the contrary, [the student] was permitted to wear her pro-life shirt to school and hand out her flyers to students at the activities fair. Instead, it is a case about whether the school must lend its resources (here, literally its walls) — and, by extension, its authority — to disseminate student messages.” 

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