In the 6-3 decision in the case called Kennedy v. Bremerton School District， the majority ruled that the coach, Joseph Kennedy, "was entitled to summary judgment on his First Amendment clams" in a lawsuit in which the coach was suing to be reinstated in his job.

Justice Neil Gorsuch led the majority opinion, which was joined entirely by four other Republican-appointed justices. Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined Gorsuch's opinion except for one part outlining a two-step method for ruling in school-related First Amendment cases.

But Sotomayor and her fellow liberal justices in their dissent said the majority is fundamentally misstating the facts,  joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer,

在肯尼迪訴布雷默頓學區案的 6-3 判決中，多數人裁定教練約瑟夫·肯尼迪“有權在教練起訴的訴訟中對他的第一修正案蛤蜊進行簡易判決”。 恢復了他的工作。

尼爾·戈薩奇大法官領導了多數意見，其他四位共和黨任命的大法官完全加入了這一意見。 Brett Kavanaugh 法官加入了 Gorsuch 的意見，但其中一部分概述了在與學校相關的第一修正案案件中裁決的兩步法。

但索托馬約爾和她的自由派大法官在他們的異議中表示，大多數人從根本上錯誤地陳述了事實，大法官埃琳娜卡根和斯蒂芬布雷耶也加入了進來，