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It shapes the balance between state and federal judicial power."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 26, lines 33-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2011/10-1195.pdf","page_label":"file page 26, lines 33-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2011/10-1195.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 57, lines 15-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2011/10-1195.pdf","page_label":"file page 57, lines 15-15"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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