{"id":526,"date":"2010-11-03T00:40:56","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T04:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=526"},"modified":"2016-10-01T13:32:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T17:32:04","slug":"flawless-victory-for-kagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/flawless-victory-for-kagan\/","title":{"rendered":"Flawless Victory for Kagan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From today&#8217;s Supreme Court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/oral_arguments\/argument_transcripts\/08-1448.pdf\">argument<\/a> in Schwarzenegger v. EMA, a nice shout out for those of us who got our hand-eye coordination&#8211;such as it is&#8211;trying to protect the freedom of Earthrealm. 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