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The timing determines if the claim is too late."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 37, lines 17-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-442_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 37, lines 17-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-442_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 64, lines 35-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-442_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 64, lines 35-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 68, lines 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It sets the deadline for challenging state statutes in federal court."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 37, lines 17-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-442_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 37, lines 17-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-442_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 64, lines 35-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-442_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 64, lines 35-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 68, lines 39-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-442_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 68, lines 39-49"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 23-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-442_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 23-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 45-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-442_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 45-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 11-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-442_ca7d.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 11-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 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