Original sentence: In a 7-2 decision, the Court reversed the Commission's decision stating that its consideration of this case was inconsistent with the State’s obligation of religious neutrality and violated the free exercise clause of the Constitution.The Court's narrow ruling applies to this case only
Edited sentence: The Court reversed the Commission's decision, and avoided ruling on the broader intersection of anti-discrimination laws, free exercise of religion, and freedom of speech.While journalists and analysts believed that the Court would make a landmark decision in the case, the Court instead ruled on more narrow grounds, ruling (in a 7-2 decision) that the Commission did not employ religious neutrality, violating Masterpiece owner Jack Phillips' rights to free exercise