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Presidential Proclamations of Thanksgiving Cases

  • Richardson v. Goddard (1859)

Richardson v. Goddard (1859) said that state days of prayer were not
required to be observed after a firm sued for losing cargo they left out
due to a day of prayer.

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The Free Speech Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy center dedicated to building understanding of the five freedoms of the First Amendment through education, information and engagement.

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‘Abortion trafficking’ law killed at federal level on First Amendment grounds

Local First Amendment auditor sues Kingsport, police over 2022 arrest

The press and the president: High-risk chess with much at stake

How America’s newspapers lost their voice

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