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Establishment Clause

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From 370 U.S. 421 - Engel v. Vitale · 1962Most cited · 1,473 citing opinions

the constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that in this country it is no part of the business of government to compose official prayers for any group of the American people to recite as a part of a religious program carried on by government.

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