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The dispute follows the McGirt decision. It concerns who holds prosecutorial authority."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 108, lines 35-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/21-429_09m1.pdf","page_label":"file page 108, lines 35-43"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 127, lines 35-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/21-429_09m1.pdf","page_label":"file page 127, lines 35-41"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 130, lines 13-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/21-429_09m1.pdf","page_label":"file page 130, lines 13-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 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non-Indian violence. It defines the boundary between state and federal power. 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