Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion, declared, "The First Amendment’s protections belong to all, not just to speakers whose motives the government finds worthy. In this case, Colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance."
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a statement that the emergency powers used during COVID-19 were the "greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country."