{"id":5711,"date":"2005-07-04T12:36:03","date_gmt":"2005-07-04T16:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/07\/04\/independence-fireworks-and-di"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:35","slug":"independence-fireworks-and-dissent-july-4-2005-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/07\/04\/independence-fireworks-and-dissent-july-4-2005-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence, fireworks and dissent (July 4, 2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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