«It is beyond dispute that these laws restrict speech, and all restrictions on speech merit careful scrutiny,» Alito wrote.
Conservative Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas both suggested that laws in dozens of states banning conversion therapy could violate the First Amendment.
The Supreme Court published the two justices’ opinions on Monday in connection to the high court officially denying a petition to adjudicate the Tingley v. Ferguson case regarding the state of Washington’s ban on conversion therapy on minors, SB 5722.
In his opinion, Thomas noted he would’ve agreed to hear the case as «this question has divided the Courts of Appeals and strikes at the heart of the First Amendment.
