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      "id": 102138,
      "date": "1994-10-26",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T21:04:23.775941",
      "title": "Legislative Prayer and School Prayer: The Constitutional Difference",
      "summary": "The Supreme Court has held government-sponsored prayer in the public schools to violate the\nestablishment of religion clause of the First Amendment. In contrast, it has held clergy-led prayer\nin legislative assemblies such as the Congress and the State legislatures to be constitutionally\npermitted. Because both situations involve government sponsorship of prayer, these rulings are\nsometimes said to be contradictory. The Court, however, has drawn significant factual and legal\ndistinctions between the two situations. Nonetheless, it remains true that the contrary decisions\nreflect different approaches to the interpretation of the establishment clause.",
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  "topics": [
    "American Law",
    "Constitutional Questions"
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