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It determines whether workers must fund union advocacy. The outcome shapes labor relations across the country."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 20-38","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-915_e2p3.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 20-38"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 39, lines 12-38","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-915_e2p3.pdf","page_label":"file page 39, lines 12-38"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 53, lines 42-8","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-915_e2p3.pdf","page_label":"file page 53, lines 42-8"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 56, lines 16-22","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-915_e2p3.pdf","page_label":"file page 56, lines 16-22"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 69, lines 28-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-915_e2p3.pdf","page_label":"file page 69, lines 28-30"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 79, lines 16-26","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2015/14-915_e2p3.pdf","page_label":"file page 79, lines 16-26"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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