the First Amendment," Breyer equated Missouri's program with the general government services in Everson. Sotomayor's dissent Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, read from her dissenting opinion from the bench. It took strong exception to the ruling, saying it "slights both our precedents and our history, and its reasoning weakens this country’s longstanding commitment to a separation of church and state beneficial to both." Further, "[t]he Court today profoundly changes that relationship by holding, for the first time, that the Constitution requires the government to provide public funds directly to a church." See also 2016 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 582 References External links Case page at SCOTUSblog United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court 2017 in United States case law United States free exercise of religion case law Establishment Clause case law Alliance Defending Freedom litigation 21st century in Columbia, Missouri Religion in Columbia, Missouri