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,

在肯尼迪诉布雷默顿学区案的 6-3 判决中，多数人裁定教练约瑟夫·肯尼迪“有权在教练起诉的诉讼中对他的第一修正案蛤蜊进行简易判决”。 恢复了他的工作。

尼尔·戈萨奇大法官领导了多数意见，其他四位共和党任命的大法官完全加入了这一意见。 Brett Kavanaugh 法官加入了 Gorsuch 的意见，但其中一部分概述了在与学校相关的第一修正案案件中裁决的两步法。

但索托马约尔和她的自由派大法官在他们的异议中表示，大多数人从根本上错误地陈述了事实，大法官埃琳娜卡根和斯蒂芬布雷耶也加入了进来，