{"id":424,"date":"2013-04-08T17:30:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T00:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairuse.stanford.edu\/?page_id=424"},"modified":"2021-11-30T13:05:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T21:05:31","slug":"us-constitution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fairuse.stanford.edu\/law\/us-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"US Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/constitution\/\">U.S. Constitution<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/constitution\/article-1\/40-copyrights-and-patents.html\">Article I Section 8 | Clause 8<\/a> &#8211; Patent and Copyright Clause of the Constitution. 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