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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 7 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Karen B. v. David Treen.

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1 Karen B. v. David Treen Anchor
ca5 · 1981
green “that a prayer may contemplate some wholly secular objective cannot alter the inherently religious character of the exercise.” 4
2 Summum v. Callaghan
ca10 · 1997
green “a designated public forum is property the government has opened for expressive activity, treating the property as if it were a traditional public forum.” 3

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