Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito suggested that laws banning conversion therapy may violate the First Amendment

• The Supreme Court announced it won't hear a case about a state ban on conversion therapy for minors.
• The decision upholds the rights of dozens of states that already passed laws against the practice.
• In written opinions, Justices Alito and Thomas both suggested the ban violated the First Amendment.

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.