Supreme Court rejects plea seeking direction to fix limit of expenses by political parties, candidates

Conversion Therapy Ban , Stands in Washington State. On Dec. 11, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the state's ban concerning minors, NPR reports. . The court's inaction upheld a lower court's ruling banning conversion therapy in Washington. . The court's inaction upheld a lower court's ruling banning conversion therapy in Washington. . The law, which went into effect in 2018, grants Washington the ability to revoke therapists' licenses if they attempt to alter the sexual orientation of a minor. Conversion therapy advocate Brian Tingley challenged the law with the help of the "anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom," NPR reports. . Tingley says that the anti-conversion therapy law violates his right to free speech. . Tingley says that the anti-conversion therapy law violates his right to free speech. . While the Supreme Court declined to hear Tingley's challenge, . Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented and would have liked to hear the case. . Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented and would have liked to hear the case. . Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented and would have liked to hear the case. . Although the court declines to take this particular case, I have no doubt that the issue it presents will come before the court again. , Justice Clarence Thomas, via dissent. When it does, the court should do what it should have done here... to consider what the First Amendment requires, Justice Clarence Thomas, via dissent