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CIP t.p. (Mark David Hall) data sheet (b. 2-22-1966)
- ↑ printed version of the talk
- ↑ Hall, Mark D. (2006). "Jeffersonian walls and Madisonian lines: the Supreme Court's use of history in religion clause cases". Oregon Law Review. 85 (2). University of Oregon: 563–614. Pdf.
