Holding: The free exercise and free speech clauses of the First Amendment protect an individual engaging in a personal religious observance from government reprisal; the Constitution neither mandates nor permits the government to suppress such religious expression.
Judgment: Reversed, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Gorsuch on June 27, 2022. Justice Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the court, in which Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Thomas, Alito, and Barrett joined, and in which Justice Kavanaugh joined except as to Part III-B. Justices Thomas and Alito filed concurring opinions. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Breyer and Kagan joined.
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