In the Supreme Court of the United States, John Ramirez, petitioner, v. Bryan Collier, executive director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Bobby Lumpkin, director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Dennis Crowley, warden, TDCJ, Huntsville, TX, respondents : on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit : brief of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, American Atheists, and American Humanist Association as amici curiae in support of neither party /

Does Texas's decision to allow Ramirez's pastor to enter the execution chamber but not to lay hands on the parishioner as he dies, sing, pray, or read scripture violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment or the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act?