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Justices deny free-speech case
U.S. court declines to review argument on ASU immunity
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Jaime Adame
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to review the standard for immunity that shielded Arkansas State University officials who had been sued over a student's free-speech rights.
The Alliance Defending Freedom in February filed a petition asking the nation's highest court to review a free-speech lawsuit dismissed in 2019.
The advocacy group -- which has been successful in other cases before the U.S. Supreme Court -- claimed that questions remained unresolved after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an ASU student and a chapter of the conservative group Turning Point USA.