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It determines who owns the message on government property."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 29, lines 29-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-144_2034.pdf","page_label":"file page 29, lines 29-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 21-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-144_2034.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 21-1"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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