Ruling in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, on June 27, 2022, the majority opinion declared that “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.”
The question presented was:
“[W]hether a public school must permit a school official to kneel, bow his head, and say a prayer at the center of a school event.”
Oral Arguments
You can hear the oral arguments for this case here:
Or listen to them directly on the Supreme Court’s website here.
The Ruling
You can read the final ruling in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District either in our read in full below, or click here for a PDF.
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