Long-Running Legal Battle Over Free Speech in Schools May Be Settled by Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court is deciding whether to take up the widely reported free expression case of middle schooler Liam Morrison of Massachusetts.
The high court was petitioned in October 2024 by appellant Morrison for a writ of certiorari, a formal request to review a decision of a lower court.
As of publication time, the Supreme Court has not said whether it intends to consider Morrison’s appeal.
The case arose in March 2023 when Morrison, then a 7th-grader at John T. Nichols Middle School in Middleborough, Massachusetts, came to a first-period gym class in a T-shirt with the words “There Are Only Two Genders” printed on the front….