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  "path": "/opinion/2026/06/as-america-turns-250-the-constitution-still-requires-defenders-michael-p-donnelly.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T09:47:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The Constitution will not defend itself. It never has. It never will. That responsibility belongs to us, writes guest columnist Michael P. Donnelly, who\nserved as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio from 2019 to 2024 and for 14 years as a judge on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.",
  "title": "As America turns 250, the Constitution still requires defenders"
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