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It determines whether state statutes can create federal procedural rights. The outcome shapes how states defend their laws against constitutional challenges."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 38, lines 21-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/21-248_j4ek.pdf","page_label":"file page 38, lines 21-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 23-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/21-248_j4ek.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 23-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 64, lines 41-55","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/21-248_j4ek.pdf","page_label":"file page 64, lines 41-55"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 67, lines 37-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/21-248_j4ek.pdf","page_label":"file page 67, lines 37-49"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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