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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 79 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 Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens Anchor | green | “there is a crucial difference between government speech endorsing religion, which the establishment clause forbids, and private speech endorsing religion, which the free speech and free exercise clauses protect.” | 44 |
| 2 | Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens | green | “the proposition that schools do not endorse everything they fail to censor is not complicated.” | 12 |
| 3 | Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens | green | “if a state refused to let religious groups use facilities open to others, then it would demonstrate not neutrality but hostility toward religion.” | 11 |
| 4 | Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette | green | “there is no doubt that compliance with the establishment clause is a state interest sufficiently compelling to justify content-based restrictions on speech.” | 8 |
| 5 | Doe v. Small | green | “it makes no difference to the analysis or result that washington park may be a public forum.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.