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It affects the balance between judicial oversight and private dispute resolution."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 22, lines 13-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/22-1218_h3ci.pdf","page_label":"file page 22, lines 13-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/22-1218_h3ci.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-31"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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