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Ketanji Brown Jackson: “It feels to me like the defendants ... are bringing it back to federal court before the state courts have really had a…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2026
It feels to me like the defendants ... are bringing it back to federal court before the state courts have really had a chance to sort out who is the source, what is their allegation with respect to how this causation is happening.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Questioning during Supreme Court oral arguments.

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