For nearly three years, it has seemed inevitable that the Supreme Court would strike down the “buffer zones” that restrict protests near the entrances of reproductive health clinics. A majority of the court has already castigated these laws—and past precedent upholding them—as a subversion of anti-abortion protesters’ First Amendment rights.

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away another opportunity to weigh the constitutionality of college bias response teams. Over the dissents of conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito,