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It affects prisoner access to state courts. It balances state sovereignty against federal oversight."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 20, lines 43-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2004/03-9046.pdf","page_label":"file page 20, lines 43-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 15-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2004/03-9046.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 15-43"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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