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It clarifies the boundary between state and federal power."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 22, lines 21-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2004/03-1696.pdf","page_label":"file page 22, lines 21-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 15-28","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2004/03-1696.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 15-28"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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