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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 41-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 41-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 7-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 7-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 33-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 33-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 7-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 7-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 13, lines 33-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 13, lines 33-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 27-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 27-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 11-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 11-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 31-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 31-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 35-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 35-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 43-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 43-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 45-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 45-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 13-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 13-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 9-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 9-9"}]}],"slug":"2024-23-583-bouarfa-v-mayorkas-sec-of-homeland-security","term":"2024","title":"Does a sham marriage bar visa approval after the fact?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 39-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 39-41"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 36, lines 41-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 36, lines 41-43"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-583_869c.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-29"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":"latest_argument_date","updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}