ior ari ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁to ▁review ▁the ▁E ighth ▁Circ uit ' s ▁decision , ▁asking ▁if ▁Minnesota ' s ▁app arel ▁ban , ▁broad ly ▁b ans ▁all ▁political ▁app arel ▁at ▁the ▁pol ling ▁place , ▁fa cially ▁over bro ad ▁under ▁the ▁First ▁Am end ment . ▁The ▁pet ition ▁noted ▁a ▁circuit ▁split ▁amongst ▁the ▁Cour ts ▁of ▁App e als ▁related ▁to ▁states ▁reg ulating ▁political ▁messages ▁at ▁pol ling ▁places . ▁The ▁Court ▁agreed ▁to ▁hear ▁the ▁case , ▁and ▁or al ▁arguments ▁were ▁heard ▁on ▁February ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁Court ▁announced ▁judgment ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁vot ers ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁voting ▁ 7 - 2 ▁to ▁reverse ▁and ▁rem and ▁to ▁the ▁lower ▁court ▁because ▁the ▁Minnesota ▁law ▁was ▁an ▁un const itution al ▁viol ation ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Am end ment . ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁John ▁Roberts ▁wrote ▁the ▁majority ▁opinion , ▁joined ▁by ▁ ▁Anthony ▁Kennedy , ▁Clar ence ▁Thomas , ▁Ruth ▁B ader ▁G ins burg , ▁Samuel ▁Al ito , ▁El ena ▁K agan ▁and ▁Neil ▁G ors uch . ▁Roberts ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁Minnesota ▁law ▁is ▁not ▁" cap able ▁of ▁reason ed ▁application " ▁of ▁dec iding ▁what ▁type ▁of ▁political ▁speech ▁they ▁can ▁prevent , ▁as ▁the ▁term ▁" polit ical " ▁used ▁the ▁stat ute ▁may ▁be ▁up ▁for ▁incons istent ▁interpretation , ▁as ▁demonstrated