Justices Skip UVA Student’s Suit Over ‘Microaggressions’ Speech

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a University of Virginia medical student’s bid to revive his lawsuit alleging his constitutional rights were violated when he was expelled for questions he posed during a faculty presentation on “microaggressions.”

The term is used to describe verbal, environmental, and behavioral lights that communicate hostility or negative attitudes on race, gender, culture, or beliefs.

Kieran Bhattacharya said in his petition seeking review that the university wrongly disciplined him and deprived him of due process after he spoke out during an event called “Microaggressions: Why Are ‘They’ So Sensitive?” hosted by the ...