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Neil Gorsuch: “Isn’t it a fundamental premise of our First Amendment that the state shouldn’t be picking and choosing between…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2025
Isn’t it a fundamental premise of our First Amendment that the state shouldn’t be picking and choosing between religions?
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Neil Gorsuch

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Justice Gorsuch questioned the state's selective religious exemptions.

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