36 U.S.C. § 119
National Day of Prayer
The President shall issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2023 · leading case: Freedom From Religion Found., Inc. v. Obama, 641 F.3d 803 (7th Cir. 2011).
Freedom From Religion Found., Inc. v. Obama, 641 F.3d 803 (7th Cir. 2011). “In 1988 Congress enacted 36 U.S.C. § 119 , codifying the first Thursday in May as the appropriate day.”
Freedom From Religion Found., Inc. v. Obama, 691 F. Supp. 2d 890 (W.D. Wis. 2010). “Under 36 U.S.C. § 119 , the first Thursday of every May in the United States is designated as the “National Day of Prayer.”
Kenneth Mayle v. United States, 891 F.3d 680 (7th Cir. 2018). “L. No. 83-396, ch. 297, 68 Stat. 249 (1954), as well as the National Day of Prayer, which has existed in various forms since the dawn of the country and is now codified at 36 U.”
Patricia E. Gentala & Robert A. Gentala,plaintiffs-Appellantscross-Appellees v. The City of Tucson,defendant-Appelleecross-Appellant, 244 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 2001). “100-307 (1988), codified at 36 U.S.C. § 119 , and the Task Force all stress that the Day is meant as an opportunity for all Americans who wish to do so to pray according to their own faith, not to promote any particular religion or form of religious observance.”
Freedom From Religion Found., Inc. v. Obama, 705 F. Supp. 2d 1039 (W.D. Wis. 2010). “§ 1983 , the case raises the question whether the statute creating the “National Day of Prayer,” 36 U.S.C. § 119 , violates the establishment clause of the United States Constitution.”
Doe v. Wilson Cnty. Sch. Sys., 564 F. Supp. 2d 766 (M.D. Tenn. 2008). “Title 36 U.S.C. § 119 provides: "The President shall issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups and as individuals.”
Books v. City of Elkhart, Ind., 79 F. Supp. 2d 979 (N.D. Ind. 1999). “In addition, Congress has enacted legislation providing for a National Day of Prayer, 36 U.S.C. § 119 (enacted May 11, 1950, recodified August 12, 1998), and Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace, 36 U.”
Stearns v. Vets. of Foreign Wars, 394 F. Supp. 138 (D.D.C. 1975). “§ 118 ; 4 provided that before the exercise of its corporate powers that there be registered in every state an agent for the service of process, 36 U.S.C. § 119 ; and expressly reserved the right “to repeal, alter, or amend” the chartering Act, 36 U.”
Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Wilson Cnty. Sch. Sys., 524 F. Supp. 2d 964 (M.D. Tenn. 2007). “Title 36 U.S.C. § 119 provides: "The President shall issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups and as individuals.”
Deboer, Martin v. Vill. of Oak Park, 267 F.3d 558 (7th Cir. 2001). “Indeed, it is a day designated for this purpose by Congress, see 36 U.S.C. § 119 , and recognized each year by the President in a proclamation.”
Freedom From Religion Found., Inc. v. Obama, 617 F. Supp. 2d 808 (W.D. Wis. 2009). “In this civil action, plaintiffs are challenging the constitutionality of the statute creating the National Day of Prayer, 36 U.S.C. § 119 , the prayer proclamations issued by the President and the Wisconsin governor and the activities sponsored by the National Day of Prayer…”
Kenneth Mayle v. United States (7th Cir. 2018). “249 (1954), as well as the National Day of Prayer, which has existed in various forms since the dawn of the country and is now codified at 36 U.S.C. § 119 . Lynch, 465 U.S. at 676–77.”
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