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The Supreme Court refused Monday to take up a First Amendment case to revisit a previous ruling enshrining abortion clinic buffer zone laws, earning a fiery dissent from Justice Thomas. The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a pair of cases from abortion opponents who say laws limiting anti-abortion demonstrations near clinics violate their First Amendment rights.
The majority did not explain their reasoning for turning down the appeals, as is typical, but two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, disagreed.
The cities said the laws were passed to address disturbing behavior from protesters outside of health care clinics.
