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> THE WHITE HOUSE
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> Office of the Press Secretary
> For Immediate Release
> April 30, 2009
> LAW DAY, U.S.A., 2009
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> BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
> A PROCLAMATION
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> In 1958, President Eisenhower established Law Day as "a day of
> national dedication to the principles of government under law." Each
> year on Law Day, we celebrate our commitment to the rule of law. That
> great commitment is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and
> the United States Constitution, and has been reaffirmed by the words
> and deeds of great Americans throughout our Nation's history.
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> This year we celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of one such
> American, President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln rose from humble
> beginnings to guide our Nation through the most turbulent period in
> its history. His dedication to the rule of law and to equality under
> the law, and his refusal to retreat from the greatest moral challenge
> ever to confront us, gave us the Emancipation Proclamation and the
> preservation of our Union. His dedication also gave us the Gettysburg
> Address, with its resolution that "government of the people, by the
> people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Indeed,
> Lincoln was one of the greatest Presidents and one of the greatest
> lawyers, in our Nation's history.
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> Lincoln's lasting legacy is his vision of the "more perfect Union"
> promised in our Constitution's preamble. According to Lincoln, "The
> legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people
> whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so
> well for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities."
> This vision of a true United States of America, bound together by a
> recognition of the common good, guided our country through its darkest
> hour and helped it re-emerge as a beacon of freedom and equality under
> law.
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> On this Law Day, I encourage Americans to reflect on this legacy. By
> continuing a national conversation on the principles for which Lincoln
> stood, and by highlighting the attributes of this great American, we
> can help ensure that the legacy of our sixteenth President endures and
> that the United States remains dedicated to the principles of
> government under law.
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> NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
> America, in accordance with Public Law 87-20, as amended, do hereby
> proclaim May 1, 2009, as Law Day, U.S.A. I call upon the people of the
> United States to acknowledge the importance of our Nation's legal and
> judicial systems with appropriate ceremonies and activities, and to
> display the flag of the United States in support of this national
> observance.
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> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
> April, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the
> Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
> thirty-third.
>
> BARACK OBAMA
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