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      "id": 103680,
      "date": "1998-04-20",
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      "title": "The Law of Church and State: The Proposed Religious Freedom Amendment, H.J.Res. 78",
      "summary": "On March 4, 1998, the House Judiciary Committee voted to report  H.J.Res. 78 , the\n\"Religious Freedom Amendment,\" to the House. The proposal is the latest in a long chain of\nconstitutional amendments that have been introduced since the Supreme Court's school prayer\ndecisions of  Engel v. Vitale   (1)  and  Abington School\nDistrict v. Schempp.  (2)    But this is the first time a\nconstitutional amendment concerning church and state has been ordered reported by a House\ncommittee. The scope and effect of  H.J.Res. 78  are also considerably broader than the\nschool prayer issue that has been the focus of most previous proposals, and in that respect the\nmeasure appears to build on the debate on church-state issues that occurred in the 104th Congress.\nThis report summarizes legislative developments on the proposal and briefly analyzes its likely legal\neffect if added to the Constitution.\n  1.  \u00a0 370 U.S.  421 (1962).\n  2.  \u00a0 374 U.S.  203 (1963).",
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    "Constitutional Questions"
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