Rarely does a fortnight pass without me being discouraged by yet another refusal by the Supreme Court to grant a hearing for some case that I think is of pressing importance. The justices did it again last week, with collegiate free speech rights this time the victim of the court’s undue reticence.

The Washington Examiner editorialized on the case last summer, and the great columnist George Will lamented the court’s refusal last weekend to consider the case’s merits. The issue really did seem ripe for review, which makes it a bit baffling that the high court decided to punt it away.