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It determines whether federal law can regulate local chemical use."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 27, lines 25-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-158_5468.pdf","page_label":"file page 27, lines 25-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-158_5468.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 54, lines 19-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-158_5468.pdf","page_label":"file page 54, lines 19-31"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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