[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
We2PPwe
'll3MDwill
hear4VVhear
argument5NNargument
first6RBfirst
this7DTthis
morning8NNmorning
in9INin
Case10NPCase
17-118411CD@card@
,12,,
Biestek13NPBiestek
versus14CCversus
Berryhill15NPBerryhill
.16SENT.
Mr17NPMr
.18SENT.
Bhabha19NPBhabha
.20SENT.
[MR. BHABHA]21LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Thank22VVthank
you23PPyou
,24,,
Mr25NPMr
.26SENT.
Chief27NPChief
Justice28NPJustice
,29,,
and30CCand
may31MDmay
it32PPit
please33VVplease
the34DTthe
Court35NPCourt
:36::
When37WRBwhen
a38DTa
vocational39JJvocational
expert40NNexpert
testifies41VVZtestify
about42INabout
the43DTthe
existence44NNexistence
of45INof
a46DTa
specific47JJspecific
number48NNnumber
of49INof
jobs50NNSjob
in51INin
a52DTa
specific53JJspecific
location54NNlocation
at55INat
a56DTa
specific57JJspecific
time58NNtime
,59,,
that60DTthat
testimony61NNtestimony
can62MDcan
only63RBonly
be64VBbe
based65VVNbase
on66INon
statistical67JJstatistical
data-driven68JJdata-driven
sources69NNSsource
.70SENT.
And71CCand
when72WRBwhen
the73DTthe
expert74NNexpert
refuses75VVZrefuse
upon76INupon
request77NNrequest
to78TOto
provide79VVprovide
those80DTthose
sources81NNSsource
,82,,
the83DTthe
expert84NNexpert
's85POS's
testimony86NNtestimony
,87,,
standing88VVGstand
alone89RBalone
,90,,
cannot91MDcan
constitute92VVconstitute
substantial93JJsubstantial
evidence94NNevidence
for95INfor
three96CDthree
reasons97NNSreason
.98SENT.
First99RBfirst
,100,,
this101DTthis
Court102NPCourt
's103POS's
definition104NNdefinition
of105INof
the106DTthe
term107NNterm
"108``"
substantial109JJsubstantial
evidence110NNevidence
"111''"
and112CCand
its113PP$its
application114NNapplication
of115INof
that116DTthat
term117NNterm
in118INin
reviewing119VVGreview
the120DTthe
decisions121NNSdecision
of122INof
administrative123JJadministrative
tribunals124NNStribunal
.125SENT.
Second126RBsecond
,127,,
because128INbecause
the129DTthe
government130NNgovernment
's131POS's
arguments132NNSargument
as133INas
to134TOto
why135WRBwhy
the136DTthe
expert137NNexpert
's138POS's
testimony139NNtestimony
standing140NNstanding
alone141RBalone
is142VBZbe
sufficient143JJsufficient
are144NNare
unpersuasive145NNunpersuasive
.146SENT.
And147CCand
,148,,
third149JJthird
,150,,
because151INbecause
this152DTthis
is153VBZbe
the154DTthe
rule155NNrule
that156WDTthat
has157VHZhave
worked158VVNwork
since159INsince
2002160CD@card@
in161INin
the162DTthe
Seventh163NPSeventh
Circuit164NPCircuit
and165CCand
,166,,
indeed167RBindeed
,168,,
is169VBZbe
consistent170JJconsistent
with171INwith
the172DTthe
government173NNgovernment
's174POS's
own175JJown
policy176NNpolicy
,177,,
as178RBas
encapsulated179VVNencapsulate
in180INin
the181DTthe
Social182NPSocial
Security183NPSecurity
Administration184NPAdministration
's185POS's
Vocational186JJvocational
Expert187NNexpert
Handbook188NNhandbook
.189SENT.
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]190LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
The191DTthe
counsel192NNcounsel
for193INfor
the194DTthe
claimant195NNclaimant
asked196VVDask
for197INfor
the198DTthe
source199NNsource
material200NNmaterial
but201CCbut
then202RBthen
did203VVDdo
n't204RBn't
engage205VVengage
in206INin
any207DTany
cross-examination208NNcross-examination
of209INof
...210:...
of211INof
the212DTthe
witness213NNwitness
,214,,
of215INof
the216DTthe
expert217NNexpert
witness218NNwitness
.219SENT.
[MR. BHABHA]220LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Your221PP$your
Honor222NPHonor
,223,,
as224INas
a225DTa
factual226JJfactual
matter227NNmatter
,228,,
after229INafter
being230VBGbe
denied231VVNdeny
the232DTthe
material233NNmaterial
,234,,
he235PPhe
did236VVDdo
engage237VVengage
in238INin
some239DTsome
cross-examination240NNcross-examination
that241WDTthat
appears242VVZappear
in243INin
the244DTthe
record245NNrecord
.246SENT.
But247CCbut
I248PPI
think249VVPthink
critical250JJcritical
,251,,
Your252PP$your
Honor253NPHonor
,254,,
is255VBZbe
that256IN/thatthat
,257,,
without258INwithout
the259DTthe
material260NNmaterial
itself261PPitself
,262,,
any263DTany
meaningful264JJmeaningful
cross-examination265NNcross-examination
regarding266VVGregard
the267DTthe
expert268NNexpert
's269POS's
methodology270NNmethodology
,271,,
the272DTthe
provenance273NNprovenance
of274INof
the275DTthe
expert276NNexpert
's277POS's
labor278NNlabor
market279NNmarket
surveys280NNSsurvey
was281VBDbe
impossible282JJimpossible
.283SENT.
And284CCand
I285PPI
would286MDwould
note287VVnote
that288IN/thatthat
it289PPit
would290MDwould
be291VBbe
a292DTa
rare293JJrare
case294NNcase
when295WRBwhen
you296PPyou
would297MDwould
be298VBbe
asked299VVNask
to300TOto
cross-examine301VVcross-examine
a302DTa
statistical303JJstatistical
expert304NNexpert
who305WPwho
is306VBZbe
opining307VVGopine
upon308INupon
specific309JJspecific
numbers310NNSnumber
that311IN/thatthat
the312DTthe
expert313NNexpert
has314VHZhave
then315RBthen
modified316VVNmodify
through317INthrough
calculations318NNScalculation
without319INwithout
actually320RBactually
seeing321VVGsee
the322DTthe
data323NNdata
sources324NNSsource
itself325PPitself
.326SENT.
I327PPI
think328VVPthink
this329DTthis
Court330NPCourt
's331POS's
decision332NNdecision
in333INin
Florida334NPFlorida
Power335NPPower
&336CC&
Light337NPLight
is338VBZbe
an339DTan
important340JJimportant
precedent341NNprecedent
in342INin
this343DTthis
respect344NNrespect
because345INbecause
,346,,
there347RBthere
,348,,
the349DTthe
Court350NPCourt
noted351VVDnote
that352IN/thatthat
the353DTthe
testimony354NNtestimony
,355,,
the356DTthe
well-founded357JJwell-founded
testimony358NNtestimony
of359INof
an360DTan
expert361NNexpert
may362MDmay
be363VBbe
enough364JJenough
if365INif
firsthand366JJfirsthand
information367NNinformation
is368VBZbe
unavailable369JJunavailable
.370SENT.
And371CCand
,372,,
here373RBhere
,374,,
particularly375RBparticularly
because376INbecause
there377EXthere
were378VBDbe
two379CDtwo
sources380NNSsource
the381DTthe
expert382NNexpert
relied383VVNrely
upon384RPupon
,385,,
the386DTthe
Bureau387NPBureau
of388INof
Labor389NPLabor
Statistics390NPSStatistics
data391NNSdatum
,392,,
which393WDTwhich
was394VBDbe
public395JJpublic
,396,,
but397CCbut
then398RBthen
also399RBalso
her400PP$her
private401JJprivate
labor402NNlabor
market403NNmarket
surveys404NNSsurvey
,405,,
which406WDTwhich
the407DTthe
ALJ408NPALJ
never409RBnever
saw410VVDsee
and411CCand
we412PPwe
never413RBnever
saw414VVDsee
,415,,
that416WDTthat
made417VVDmake
any418DTany
form419NNform
of420INof
cross-examination421NNcross-examination
or422CCor
meaningful423JJmeaningful
inquiry424NNinquiry
into425INinto
the426DTthe
basis427NNbasis
for428INfor
these429DTthese
numbers430NNSnumber
impossible431JJimpossible
.432SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]433LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
What434WPWhat
I435PPI
do436VVPdo
n't437RBn't
understand438VVunderstand
about439INabout
your440PP$your
argument441NNargument
is442VBZbe
how443WRBhow
it444PPit
connects445VVZconnect
with446INwith
the447DTthe
substantial448JJsubstantial
evidence449NNevidence
question450NNquestion
.451SENT.
Substantial452JJsubstantial
evidence453NNevidence
refers454VVZrefer
to455TOto
a456DTa
quantum457NNquantum
of458INof
proof459NNproof
,460,,
and461CCand
I462PPI
...463:...
it464PPit
's465VBZbe
hard466JJhard
for467INfor
me468PPme
to469TOto
see470VVsee
why471WRBwhy
that472DTthat
inquiry473NNinquiry
is474VBZbe
different475JJdifferent
depending476VVGdepend
on477INon
whether478INwhether
the479DTthe
underlying480VVGunderlie
information481NNinformation
in482INin
question483NNquestion
...484:...
in485INin
question486NNquestion
was487VBDbe
requested488VVNrequest
or489CCor
not490RBnot
.491SENT.
The492DTthe
...493:...
the494DTthe
argument495NNargument
that496IN/thatthat
you497PPyou
're498VBPbe
making499VVGmake
sounds500NNSsound
like501INlike
a502DTa
procedural503JJprocedural
question504NNquestion
,505,,
a506DTa
due507JJdue
process508NNprocess
question509NNquestion
,510,,
whether511INwhether
it512PPit
was513VBDbe
unfair514JJunfair
not515RBnot
to516TOto
require517VVrequire
the518DTthe
expert519NNexpert
to520TOto
produce521VVproduce
the522DTthe
underlying523VVGunderlie
data524NNSdatum
.525SENT.
Can526NNcan
...527:...
can528MDcan
you529PPyou
just530RBjust
explain531VVexplain
how532WRBhow
the533DTthe
procedural534JJprocedural
question535NNquestion
that536WDTthat
seems537VVZseem
to538TOto
be539VBbe
at540INat
the541DTthe
core542NNcore
of543INof
what544WPwhat
you545PPyou
're546VBPbe
arguing547VVGargue
fits548NNSfit
in549INin
with550INwith
the551DTthe
substantial552JJsubstantial
evidence553NNevidence
test554NNtest
?555SENT?
[MR. BHABHA]556LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Of557INof
course558NNcourse
,559,,
Your560PP$your
Honor561NPHonor
.562SENT.
So563RBso
I564PPI
think565VVPthink
we566PPwe
have567VHPhave
two568CDtwo
answers569NNSanswer
to570TOto
that571DTthat
question572NNquestion
.573SENT.
First574JJfirst
and575CCand
foremost576RBforemost
,577,,
we578PPwe
are579VBPbe
not580RBnot
asking581VVGask
for582INfor
the583DTthe
document-on-demand584NNdocument-on-demand
procedural585JJprocedural
rule586NNrule
that587IN/thatthat
the588DTthe
government589NNgovernment
characterizes590VVZcharacterize
us591PPus
.592SENT.
The593DTthe
government594NNgovernment
,595,,
who596WPwho
bears597VVZbear
the598DTthe
burden599NNburden
at600INat
step601NNstep
5602CD5
,603,,
is604VBZbe
choosing605VVGchoose
in606INin
these607DTthese
cases608NNScase
to609TOto
only610RBonly
rely611VVrely
on612INon
the613DTthe
testimony614NNtestimony
of615INof
a616DTa
vocational617JJvocational
expert618NNexpert
.619SENT.
Now620RBnow
the621DTthe
government622NNgovernment
has623VHZhave
at624INat
its625PP$its
availability626NNavailability
to627TOto
enter628VVenter
other629JJother
evidence630NNevidence
into631INinto
the632DTthe
record633NNrecord
as634INas
well635RBwell
.636SENT.
If637INif
the638DTthe
government639NNgovernment
chose640VVDchoose
to641TOto
submit642VVsubmit
its643PP$its
own644JJown
labor645NNlabor
market646NNmarket
surveys647NNSsurvey
,648,,
we649PPwe
would650MDwould
not651RBnot
say652VVsay
,653,,
and654CCand
are655VBPbe
not656RBnot
saying657VVGsay
,658,,
that659IN/thatthat
there660EXthere
's661VBZbe
a662DTa
stand-alone663JJstand-alone
constitutional664JJconstitutional
violation665NNviolation
because666INbecause
the667DTthe
vocational668JJvocational
expert669NNexpert
did670VVDdo
n't671RBn't
give672VVgive
her673PP$her
surveys674NNSsurvey
.675SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]676LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Well677UHwell
,678,,
I679PPI
know680VVPknow
you681PPyou
're682VBPbe
not683RBnot
saying684VVGsay
that685IN/thatthat
,686,,
but687CCbut
you688PPyou
have689VHPhave
a690DTa
quantum691NNquantum
of692INof
evidence693NNevidence
;694:;
it695PPit
's696VBZbe
substantial697JJsubstantial
or698CCor
it699PPit
's700VBZbe
not701RBnot
substantial702JJsubstantial
.703SENT.
Explain704VVexplain
,705,,
if706INif
you707PPyou
can708MDcan
,709,,
why710WRBwhy
the711DTthe
question712NNquestion
of713INof
...714:...
the715DTthe
issue716NNissue
of717INof
substantiality718NNsubstantiality
depends719VVZdepend
on720INon
whether721INwhether
the722DTthe
evidence723NNevidence
was724VBDbe
asked725VVNask
for726INfor
or727CCor
not728RBnot
.729SENT.
[MR. BHABHA]730LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Your731PP$your
Honor732NPHonor
,733,,
I734PPI
think735VVPthink
it736PPit
flows737VVZflow
from738INfrom
the739DTthe
basic740JJbasic
intuition741NNintuition
that742IN/thatthat
when743WRBwhen
you744PPyou
question745VVPquestion
an746DTan
expert747NNexpert
about748INabout
data749NNSdatum
,750,,
if751INif
the752DTthe
expert753NNexpert
cannot754MDcan
then755RBthen
back756VVback
up757RPup
their758PP$their
testimony759NNtestimony
,760,,
that761WDTthat
creates762VVZcreate
doubt763NNdoubt
.764SENT.
And765CCand
although766INalthough
I767PPI
do768VVPdo
n't769RBn't
think770VVthink
it771PPit
's772VBZbe
an773DTan
exact774JJexact
match775NNmatch
,776,,
I777PPI
think778VVPthink
a779DTa
useful780JJuseful
analogy781NNanalogy
are782VBPbe
the783DTthe
adverse784JJadverse
inference785NNinference
cases786NNScase
,787,,
which788WDTwhich
this789DTthis
Court790NPCourt
has791VHZhave
recognized792VVNrecognize
when793WRBwhen
a794DTa
party795NNparty
or796CCor
a797DTa
witness798NNwitness
says799VVZsay
I800PPI
am801VBPbe
presenting802VVGpresent
evidence803NNevidence
to804TOto
the805DTthe
court806NNcourt
,807,,
but808CCbut
there809EXthere
is810VBZbe
better811JJRgood
evidence812NNevidence
somewhere813RBsomewhere
else814RBelse
that815DTthat
substantiates816VVZsubstantiate
what817WPwhat
I818PPI
am819VBPbe
saying820VVGsay
...821:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]822LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Well823UHwell
,824,,
I825PPI
...826:...
I827PPI
see828VVPsee
that829DTthat
argument830NNargument
.831SENT.
Now832RBnow
,833,,
in834INin
this835DTthis
case836NNcase
,837,,
was838VBDbe
it839PPit
the840DTthe
attorney841NNattorney
for842INfor
...843:...
who844WPwho
was845VBDbe
it846PPit
who847WPwho
said848VVDsay
that849IN/thatthat
the850DTthe
...851:...
the852DTthe
expert853NNexpert
was854VBDbe
not855RBnot
required856VVNrequire
to857TOto
produce858VVproduce
the859DTthe
evidence860NNevidence
?861SENT?
Was862VBDbe
there863RBthere
opposition864NNopposition
on865INon
...866:...
by867INby
your868PP$your
adversary869NNadversary
,870,,
or871CCor
was872VBDbe
it873PPit
the874DTthe
...875:...
the876DTthe
ALJ877NPALJ
?878SENT?
[MR. BHABHA]879LOC[MR. BHABHA]
It880PPit
was881VBDbe
the882DTthe
ALJ883NPALJ
.884SENT.
And885CCand
so886RBso
,887,,
Your888PP$your
Honor889NPHonor
,890,,
what891WPwhat
I892PPI
think893VVPthink
is894VBZbe
critical895JJcritical
here896RBhere
is897VBZbe
that898IN/thatthat
,899,,
when900WRBwhen
the901DTthe
government902NNgovernment
says903VVZsay
the904DTthe
record905NNrecord
is906VBZbe
exactly907RBexactly
the908DTthe
same909JJsame
,910,,
it911PPit
is912VBZbe
not913RBnot
.914SENT.
If915INif
,916,,
for917INfor
example918NNexample
,919,,
the920DTthe
expert921NNexpert
had922VHDhave
said923VVNsay
when924WRBwhen
questioned925VVDquestion
for926INfor
the927DTthe
data928NNSdatum
I929PPI
have930VHPhave
a931DTa
source932NNsource
,933,,
but934CCbut
I935PPI
'm936VBPbe
not937RBnot
going938VVGgo
to939TOto
identify940VVidentify
it941PPit
,942,,
I943PPI
'm944VBPbe
not945RBnot
going946VVGgo
to947TOto
show948VVshow
it949PPit
to950TOto
you951PPyou
,952,,
I953PPI
think954VVPthink
that955IN/thatthat
would956MDwould
create957VVcreate
real958JJreal
doubt959NNdoubt
.960SENT.
And961CCand
here962RBhere
...963:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]964LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Yeah965UHYeah
,966,,
I967PPI
...968:...
I969PPI
see970VVPsee
that971RBthat
.972SENT.
But973CCbut
,974,,
when975WRBwhen
the976DTthe
...977:...
the978DTthe
expert979NNexpert
says980VVZsay
this981DTthis
is982VBZbe
my983PP$my
opinion984NNopinion
,985,,
and986CCand
you987PPyou
say988VVPsay
produce989VVproduce
the990DTthe
underlying991VVGunderlie
evidence992NNevidence
,993,,
and994CCand
the995DTthe
expert996NNexpert
does997VVZdo
n't998RBn't
say999VVsay
no1000UHno
,1001,,
I1002PPI
'm1003VBPbe
not1004RBnot
going1005VVGgo
to1006TOto
do1007VVdo
that1008IN/thatthat
,1009,,
I1010PPI
won1011MDwill
't1012RB't
do1013VVPdo
that1014IN/thatthat
,1015,,
somebody1016NNsomebody
...1017:...
the1018DTthe
...1019:...
the1020DTthe
judge1021NNjudge
intervenes1022VVZintervene
and1023CCand
says1024VVZsay
no1025RBno
,1026,,
that1027WDTthat
's1028VBZbe
not1029RBnot
required1030JJrequired
,1031,,
why1032WRBwhy
does1033VVZdo
that1034RBthat
create1035VVcreate
doubt1036NNdoubt
about1037INabout
the1038DTthe
validity1039NNvalidity
of1040INof
the1041DTthe
expert1042NNexpert
's1043POS's
testimony1044NNtestimony
?1045SENT?
The1046DTthe
expert1047NNexpert
has1048VHZhave
n't1049RBn't
refused1050VVNrefuse
to1051TOto
produce1052VVproduce
that1053DTthat
evidence1054NNevidence
.1055SENT.
It1056PPit
's1057VHZhave
been1058VBNbe
the1059DTthe
intervention1060NNintervention
by1061INby
the1062DTthe
ALJ1063NPALJ
.1064SENT.
[MR. BHABHA]1065LOC[MR. BHABHA]
So1066RBso
,1067,,
Your1068PP$your
Honor1069NPHonor
,1070,,
if1071INif
I1072PPI
can1073MDcan
just1074RBjust
clarify1075VVclarify
.1076SENT.
It1077PPit
was1078VBDbe
both1079DTboth
here1080RBhere
.1081SENT.
The1082DTthe
expert1083NNexpert
said1084VVDsay
that1085IN/thatthat
data1086NNdata
is1087VBZbe
in1088INin
my1089PP$my
confidential1090JJconfidential
client1091NNclient
files1092NNSfile
and1093CCand
,1094,,
therefore1095RBtherefore
,1096,,
I1097PPI
do1098VVPdo
n't1099RBn't
want1100VVwant
to1101TOto
produce1102VVproduce
it1103PPit
.1104SENT.
And1105CCand
the1106DTthe
ALJ1107NPALJ
said1108VVDsay
,1109,,
I1110PPI
'm1111VBPbe
not1112RBnot
going1113VVGgo
to1114TOto
require1115VVrequire
that1116DTthat
.1117SENT.
And1118CCand
I1119PPI
would1120MDwould
note1121VVnote
that1122IN/thatthat
the1123DTthe
government1124NNgovernment
does1125VVZdo
n't1126RBn't
defend1127VVdefend
in1128INin
this1129DTthis
Court1130NPCourt
the1131DTthe
confidentiality1132NNconfidentiality
rationale1133NNrationale
.1134SENT.
And1135CCand
I1136PPI
think1137VVPthink
the1138DTthe
reason1139NNreason
for1140INfor
that1141DTthat
,1142,,
Your1143PP$your
Honor1144NPHonor
,1145,,
is1146VBZbe
that1147IN/thatthat
,1148,,
as1149INas
the1150DTthe
claimant1151NNclaimant
's1152POS's
lawyer1153NNlawyer
said1154VVDsay
below1155RBbelow
,1156,,
it1157PPit
would1158MDwould
be1159VBbe
easy1160JJeasy
to1161TOto
redact1162VVredact
or1163CCor
black1164VVblack
out1165RPout
the1166DTthe
names1167NNSname
of1168INof
the1169DTthe
clients1170NNSclient
.1171SENT.
Indeed1172RBindeed
,1173,,
federal1174JJfederal
courts1175NNScourt
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administrative1177JJadministrative
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1974LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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it2253PPit
.2254SENT.
The2255DTthe
ALJ2256NPALJ
never2257RBnever
saw2258VVDsee
it2259PPit
.2260SENT.
In2261INin
that2262DTthat
situation2263NNsituation
,2264,,
the2265DTthe
Seventh2266NPSeventh
Circuit2267NPCircuit
has2268VHZhave
held2269VVNhold
that2270IN/thatthat
if2271INif
you2272PPyou
ask2273VVPask
the2274DTthe
expert2275NNexpert
,2276,,
just2277RBjust
show2278VVPshow
me2279PPme
the2280DTthe
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yourself2284PPyourself
are2285VBPbe
relying2286VVGrely
upon2287RPupon
so2288RBso
that2289IN/thatthat
the2290DTthe
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can2292MDcan
make2293VVmake
a2294DTa
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that2298IN/thatthat
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can2300MDcan
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a2302DTa
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,2305,,
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that2307DTthat
situation2308NNsituation
,2309,,
the2310DTthe
say-so2311NNsay-so
is2312VBZbe
not2313RBnot
enough2314JJenough
.2315SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2316LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
All2317DTall
right2318NNright
.2319SENT.
You2320PPyou
're2321VBPbe
defining2322VVGdefine
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.2324SENT.
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's2327VBZbe
...2328:...
let2329VVlet
me2330PPme
pose2331VVpose
a2332DTa
hypothetical2333JJhypothetical
.2334SENT.
Expert2335NNexpert
says2336VVZsay
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expert2339NNexpert
says2340VVZsay
,2341,,
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you2343PPyou
get2344VVPget
up2345RPup
and2346CCand
say2347VVsay
:2348::
How2349WRBHow
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these2352DTthese
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the2355DTthe
same2356JJsame
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as2358INas
my2359PP$my
client2360NNclient
has2361VHZhave
?2362SENT?
And2363CCand
the2364DTthe
expert2365NNexpert
says2366VVZsay
:2367::
Virtually2368RBvirtually
every2369DTevery
one2370CDone
of2371INof
them2372PPthem
.2373SENT.
How2374WRBHow
many2375JJmany
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did2377VVDdo
you2378PPyou
do2379VVPdo
research2380NNresearch
on2381INon
with2382INwith
respect2383NNrespect
to2384TOto
this2385DTthis
issue2386NNissue
?2387SENT?
I2388PPI
contacted2389VVDcontact
about2390RBabout
152391CD@card@
businesses2392NNSbusiness
.2393SENT.
Have2394VHPhave
you2395PPyou
placed2396VVDplace
these2397DTthese
kinds2398NNSkind
of2399INof
individuals2400NNSindividual
in2401INin
the2402DTthe
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of2404INof
jobs2405NNSjob
you2406PPyou
've2407VHPhave
talked2408VVNtalk
about2409RBabout
?2410SENT?
Yes2411UHyes
,2412,,
a2413DTa
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of2415INof
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.2417SENT.
Whatever2418WDTwhatever
...2419:...
do2420VVPdo
you2421PPyou
believe2422VVPbelieve
that2423IN/thatthat
,2424,,
in2425INin
that2426DTthat
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,2428,,
you2429PPyou
could2430MDcould
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say2434VVPsay
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substantial2439JJsubstantial
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,2448,,
even2449RBeven
if2450INif
you2451PPyou
had2452VHDhave
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seen2454VVNsee
the2455DTthe
underlying2456VVGunderlie
records2457NNSrecord
?2458SENT?
[MR. BHABHA]2459LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Your2460PP$your
Honor2461NPHonor
,2462,,
I2463PPI
think2464VVPthink
...2465:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2466LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
I2467PPI
'm2468VBPbe
giving2469VVGgive
you2470PPyou
the2471DTthe
best2472JJSgood
case2473NNcase
for2474INfor
them2475PPthem
,2476,,
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for2481INfor
you2482PPyou
is2483VBZbe
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her2485PPher
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,2490,,
I2491PPI
've2492VHPhave
never2493RBnever
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...2499:...
with2500INwith
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.2503SENT.
I2504PPI
only2505RBonly
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two2529CDtwo
extremes2530NNSextreme
we2531PPwe
have2532VHPhave
,2533,,
is2534VBZbe
n't2535RBn't
it2536PPit
?2537SENT?
[MR. BHABHA]2538LOC[MR. BHABHA]
That2539DTthat
's2540VBZbe
right2541JJright
,2542,,
Your2543PP$your
Honor2544NPHonor
.2545SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2546LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
All2547DTall
right2548NNright
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the2550DTthe
potential2551JJpotential
extremes2552NNSextreme
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have2554VHPhave
.2555SENT.
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asked2559VVDask
any2560DTany
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make2568VVmake
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ALJ2574NPALJ
's2575POS's
ruling2576NNruling
was2577VBDbe
reasonable2578JJreasonable
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not2580RBnot
.2581SENT.
[MR. BHABHA]2582LOC[MR. BHABHA]
So2583RBso
,2584,,
Your2585PP$your
Honor2586NPHonor
,2587,,
if2588INif
I2589PPI
can2590MDcan
answer2591VVanswer
your2592PP$your
question2593NNquestion
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two2595CDtwo
ways2596NNSway
.2597SENT.
First2598RBfirst
,2599,,
I2600PPI
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the2604DTthe
easier2605JJReasy
case2606NNcase
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,2608,,
here2609RBhere
,2610,,
the2611DTthe
expert2612NNexpert
did2613VVDdo
n't2614RBn't
say2615VVsay
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say2634VVsay
,2635,,
I2636PPI
have2637VHPhave
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people2642NNSpeople
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a2654DTa
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this2674DTthis
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or2676CCor
in2677INin
these2678DTthese
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positions2681NNSposition
,2682,,
I2683PPI
think2684VVPthink
it2685PPit
is2686VBZbe
likely2687JJlikely
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not2690RBnot
be2691VBbe
substantial2692JJsubstantial
evidence2693NNevidence
,2694,,
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here2696RBhere
's2697VBZbe
why2698WRBwhy
,2699,,
Your2700PP$your
Honor2701NPHonor
.2702SENT.
Section2703NNsection
4232704CD@card@
(2705((
d2706LSd
)2707))
(2708((
22709LS2
)2710))
(2711((
A2712NPA
)2713))
,2714,,
the2715DTthe
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provision2717NNprovision
here2718RBhere
,2719,,
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there2722EXthere
be2723VBbe
a2724DTa
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the2730DTthe
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some2748DTsome
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the2774DTthe
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,2776,,
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likely2778RBlikely
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the2780DTthe
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And2783CCand
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types2785NNStype
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jobs2787NNSjob
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a2833DTa
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2873LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
But2874CCbut
I2875PPI
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point2881NNpoint
,2882,,
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case2967NNcase
?2968SENT?
[MR. BHABHA]2969LOC[MR. BHABHA]
I2970PPI
understand2971VVPunderstand
your2972PP$your
question2973NNquestion
,2974,,
Your2975PP$your
Honor2976NPHonor
.2977SENT.
I2978PPI
think2979VVPthink
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I2981PPI
will2982MDwill
just2983RBjust
say2984VVsay
as2985INas
a2986DTa
factual2987JJfactual
matter2988NNmatter
,2989,,
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I2991PPI
think2992VVPthink
the2993DTthe
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out2997RPout
,2998,,
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soon3000RBsoon
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I3027PPI
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any3033DTany
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reasons3038NNSreason
.3039SENT.
But3040CCbut
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beyond3042INbeyond
that3043DTthat
,3044,,
Your3045PP$your
Honor3046NPHonor
,3047,,
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the3050DTthe
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's3052POS's
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at3054INat
this3055DTthis
stage3056NNstage
.3057SENT.
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cross-examination3071NNcross-examination
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,3079,,
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I3083PPI
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I3089PPI
relied3090VVDrely
on3091INon
private3092JJprivate
data3093NNSdatum
,3094,,
it3095PPit
is3096VBZbe
hard3097JJhard
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me3099PPme
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a3106DTa
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the3113DTthe
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.3116SENT.
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the3127DTthe
data3128NNSdatum
said3129VVDsay
,3130,,
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what3133WPwhat
I3134PPI
did3135VVDdo
to3136TOto
the3137DTthe
data3138NNSdatum
,3139,,
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's3142VBZbe
no3143DTno
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of3145INof
verifying3146VVGverify
any3147DTany
of3148INof
those3149DTthose
kind3150NNkind
of3151INof
answers3152NNSanswer
.3153SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3154LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well3155UHWell
,3156,,
one3157CDone
way3158NNway
...3159:...
one3160CDone
way3161NNway
to3162TOto
be3163VBbe
...3164:...
to3165TOto
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the3168DTthe
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,3172,,
right3173RBright
,3174,,
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there3176EXthere
was3177VBDbe
no3178RBno
questioning3179VVGquestion
about3180RBabout
that3181IN/thatthat
,3182,,
was3183VBDbe
there3184RBthere
?3185SENT?
I3186PPI
mean3187VVPmean
,3188,,
to3189TOto
the3190DTthe
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the3192DTthe
Bureau3193NPBureau
of3194INof
Labor3195NPLabor
Statistics3196NPSStatistics
information3197NNinformation
shows3198NNSshow
,3199,,
you3200PPyou
say3201VVPsay
,3202,,
8,0003203CD@card@
jobs3204NNSjob
in3205INin
southwestern3206JJsouthwestern
Michigan3207NPMichigan
,3208,,
if3209INif
that3210WDTthat
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it3213PPit
was3214VBDbe
,3215,,
and3216CCand
the3217DTthe
Bureau3218NPBureau
of3219INof
Labor3220NPLabor
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a3223DTa
different3224JJdifferent
number3225NNnumber
,3226,,
why3227WRBwhy
did3228VVDdo
you3229PPyou
choose3230VVPchoose
eight3231CDeight
?3232SENT?
In3233INin
other3234JJother
words3235NNSword
,3236,,
there3237RBthere
...3238:...
there3239EXthere
were3240VBDbe
fields3241NNSfield
,3242,,
I3243PPI
'm3244VBPbe
not3245RBnot
saying3246VVGsay
there3247EXthere
are3248VBPbe
ample3249JJample
fields3250NNSfield
,3251,,
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there3253EXthere
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for3256INfor
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that3259WDTthat
were3260VBDbe
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explored3262VVNexplore
,3263,,
I3264PPI
think3265VVPthink
.3266SENT.
[MR. BHABHA]3267LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Mr3268NPMr
.3269SENT.
Chief3270NPChief
Justice3271NPJustice
,3272,,
I3273PPI
think3274VVPthink
it3275PPit
is3276VBZbe
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a3278DTa
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if3281INif
an3282DTan
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.3289SENT.
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I3291PPI
absolutely3292RBabsolutely
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what3297WPwhat
the3298DTthe
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.3302SENT.
In3303INin
a3304DTa
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like3306INlike
this3307DTthis
,3308,,
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,3310,,
and3311CCand
I3312PPI
think3313VVPthink
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[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3579LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
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[MR. BHABHA]3646LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Well3647UHWell
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?4397SENT?
[MR. BHABHA]4398LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Your4399PP$your
Honor4400NPHonor
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.4433SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]4434LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
I4435PPI
...4436:...
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part4445NNpart
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rule4449NNrule
?4450SENT?
[MR. BHABHA]4451LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Your4452PP$your
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...4485:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]4486LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
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[MR. BHABHA]4505LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Your4506PP$your
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[JUSTICE KAGAN]4687LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Yeah4688UHYeah
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[MR. BHABHA]4732LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Well4733UHWell
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Honor4736NPHonor
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...4740:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]4741LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Unless4742INunless
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.4763SENT.
[MR. BHABHA]4764LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Well4765UHWell
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[JUSTICE ALITO]5077LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MR. BHABHA]5106LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Your5107PP$your
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[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]5351LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank5352VVthank
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[MR. YANG]5832LOC[MR. YANG]
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[MR. YANG]5897LOC[MR. YANG]
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[JUSTICE GINSBURG]6552LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
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[MR. YANG]6584LOC[MR. YANG]
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[JUSTICE KAGAN]6680LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
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[MR. YANG]6705LOC[MR. YANG]
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[JUSTICE GINSBURG]7014LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
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[MR. YANG]7075LOC[MR. YANG]
I7076PPI
...7077:...
I7078PPI
...7079:...
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]7194LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Mr7195NPMr
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[MR. YANG]7199LOC[MR. YANG]
...7200:...
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7256LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
So7257RBso
...7258:...
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"7260''"
any7261DTany
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?7267SENT?
[MR. YANG]7268LOC[MR. YANG]
Like7269INlike
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...7277:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7278LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
We7279PPwe
...7280:...
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[MR. YANG]7298LOC[MR. YANG]
Well7299UHWell
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...7326:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7327LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
It7328PPit
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[MR. YANG]7340LOC[MR. YANG]
It7341PPit
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...7376:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7377LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Can7378MDcan
I7379PPI
ask7380VVask
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[JUSTICE ALITO]7383LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7386LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[MR. YANG]7390LOC[MR. YANG]
...7391:...
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7403LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[MR. YANG]7513LOC[MR. YANG]
If7514INif
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7529LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Okay7530NPOkay
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So7532RBso
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...7537:...
[MR. YANG]7538LOC[MR. YANG]
But7539CCbut
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would7543MDwould
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I7546PPI
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...7549:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7550LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
...7551:...
so7552RBso
...7553:...
so7554RBso
can7555MDcan
we7556PPwe
just7557RBjust
be7558VBbe
...7559:...
[MR. YANG]7560LOC[MR. YANG]
...7561:...
I7562PPI
would7563MDwould
n't7564RBn't
concede7565VVconcede
that7566IN/thatthat
,7567,,
though7568RBthough
,7569,,
because7570RBbecause
...7571:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7572LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Well7573UHwell
,7574,,
we7575PPwe
...7576:...
[MR. YANG]7577LOC[MR. YANG]
...7578:...
it7579PPit
depends7580VVZdepend
on7581INon
the7582DTthe
entire7583JJentire
record7584NNrecord
.7585SENT.
And7586CCand
there7587RBthere
...7588:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7589LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Yeah7590NPYeah
,7591,,
sure7592RBsure
it7593PPit
does7594VVZdo
.7595SENT.
But7596CCbut
I7597PPI
...7598:...
I7599PPI
...7600:...
my7601PP$my
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is7603VBZbe
that7604IN/thatthat
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's7606VBZbe
the7607DTthe
key7608JJkey
point7609NNpoint
,7610,,
and7611CCand
on7612INon
that7613DTthat
key7614JJkey
point7615NNpoint
,7616,,
the7617DTthe
only7618JJonly
major7619JJmajor
piece7620NNpiece
of7621INof
evidence7622NNevidence
is7623VBZbe
an7624DTan
expert7625NNexpert
who7626WPwho
says7627VVZsay
I7628PPI
have7629VHhave
secret7630JJsecret
data7631NNSdatum
.7632SENT.
You7633PPyou
'd7634MDwould
agree7635VVagree
that7636IN/thatthat
we7637PPwe
would7638MDwould
reverse7639VVreverse
?7640SENT?
[MR. YANG]7641LOC[MR. YANG]
Likely7642JJlikely
reverse7643NNreverse
.7644SENT.
However7645RBhowever
...7646:...
however7647RBhowever
,7648,,
I7649PPI
would7650MDwould
like7651VVlike
to7652TOto
point7653VVpoint
out7654RPout
some7655DTsome
key7656JJkey
differences7657NNSdifference
.7658SENT.
There7659EXthere
's7660VBZbe
factual7661JJfactual
differences7662NNSdifference
,7663,,
which7664WDTwhich
is7665VBZbe
,7666,,
one7667CDone
,7668,,
this7669DTthis
expert7670NNexpert
's7671VBZbe
not7672RBnot
refusing7673VVGrefuse
.7674SENT.
There7675EXthere
's7676VBZbe
a7677DTa
ruling7678NNruling
by7679INby
the7680DTthe
adjudicator7681NNadjudicator
.7682SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7683LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Fine7684NPFine
.7685SENT.
[MR. YANG]7686LOC[MR. YANG]
The7687DTthe
adjudicator7688NNadjudicator
...7689:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7690LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Fine7691NPFine
.7692SENT.
You7693PPyou
can7694MDcan
modify7695VVmodify
my7696PP$my
hypothetical7697JJhypothetical
.7698SENT.
[MR. YANG]7699LOC[MR. YANG]
But7700CCbut
...7701:...
no7702UHno
,7703,,
but7704CCbut
...7705:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7706LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
That7707DTthat
does7708VVZdo
n't7709RBn't
make7710VVmake
any7711DTany
difference7712NNdifference
,7713,,
does7714VVZdo
it7715PPit
?7716SENT?
[MR. YANG]7717LOC[MR. YANG]
Well7718UHWell
,7719,,
no7720UHno
,7721,,
I7722PPI
actually7723RBactually
not7724RBnot
...7725:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7726LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
If7727INif
the7728DTthe
district7729NNdistrict
court7730NNcourt
said7731VVDsay
I7732PPI
'm7733VBPbe
not7734RBnot
going7735VVGgo
to7736TOto
make7737VVmake
the7738DTthe
expert7739JJexpert
turn7740NNturn
over7741INover
his7742PP$his
secret7743JJsecret
evidence7744NNevidence
,7745,,
we7746PPwe
'd7747MDwould
still7748RBstill
reverse7749VVreverse
because7750INbecause
no7751DTno
rational7752JJrational
jury7753NNjury
could7754MDcould
find7755VVfind
.7756SENT.
[MR. YANG]7757LOC[MR. YANG]
Actually7758RBactually
,7759,,
I7760PPI
'm7761VBPbe
not7762RBnot
sure7763JJsure
that7764WDTthat
's7765VBZbe
right7766JJright
.7767SENT.
This7768DTthis
Court7769NPCourt
has7770VHZhave
held7771VVNhold
that7772IN/thatthat
,7773,,
for7774INfor
instance7775NNinstance
,7776,,
there7777EXthere
's7778VBZbe
no7779DTno
...7780:...
no7781DTno
process7782NNprocess
problem7783NNproblem
with7784INwith
admitting7785VVGadmit
allegedly7786RBallegedly
totally7787RBtotally
unreliable7788JJunreliable
evidence7789NNevidence
so7790RBso
long7791RBlong
as7792INas
you7793PPyou
have7794VHPhave
the7795DTthe
ability7796NNability
to7797TOto
...7798:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7799LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Not7800RBnot
a7801DTa
process7802NNprocess
problem7803NNproblem
.7804SENT.
[MR. YANG]7805LOC[MR. YANG]
...7806:...
to7807TOto
contest7808VVcontest
it7809PPit
.7810SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7811LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Not7812RBnot
a7813DTa
process7814NNprocess
problem7815NNproblem
.7816SENT.
Sufficient7817JJsufficient
evidence7818NNevidence
for7819INfor
a7820DTa
rational7821JJrational
jury7822NNjury
to7823TOto
reach7824VVreach
a7825DTa
conclusion7826NNconclusion
.7827SENT.
[MR. YANG]7828LOC[MR. YANG]
But7829CCbut
,7830,,
if7831INif
this7832DTthis
...7833:...
if7834INif
this7835DTthis
is7836VBZbe
a7837DTa
qualified7838JJqualified
expert7839NNexpert
,7840,,
there7841EXthere
's7842VBZbe
no7843DTno
contest7844NNcontest
on7845INon
the7846DTthe
qualifications7847NNSqualification
,7848,,
the7849DTthe
expert7850NNexpert
testifies7851VVZtestify
to7852TOto
a7853DTa
fact7854NNfact
,7855,,
now7856RBnow
there7857RBthere
may7858MDmay
be7859VBbe
additional7860JJadditional
things7861NNSthing
that7862WDTthat
undermine7863VVPundermine
that7864IN/thatthat
,7865,,
but7866CCbut
there7867EXthere
's7868VBZbe
otherwise7869RBotherwise
no7870DTno
other7871JJother
evidence7872NNevidence
,7873,,
no7874DTno
evidence7875NNevidence
that7876WDTthat
contradicts7877VVZcontradict
the7878DTthe
expert7879NNexpert
,7880,,
I7881PPI
think7882VVPthink
that7883DTthat
's7884VBZbe
a7885DTa
tough7886JJtough
...7887:...
a7888DTa
tough7889JJtough
call7890NNcall
,7891,,
because7892RBbecause
...7893:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]7894LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
How7895WRBHow
does7896VVZdo
that7897DTthat
work7898NNwork
?7899SENT?
I7900PPI
mean7901VVPmean
,7902,,
I7903PPI
...7904:...
I7905PPI
actually7906RBactually
do7907VVPdo
n't7908RBn't
know7909VVknow
in7910INin
a7911DTa
district7912NNdistrict
judge7913NNjudge
.7914SENT.
But7915CCbut
...7916:...
but7917CCbut
think7918VVPthink
of7919INof
any7920DTany
kind7921NNkind
of7922INof
an7923DTan
expert7924NNexpert
,7925,,
a7926DTa
house7927NNhouse
painter7928NNpainter
,7929,,
or7930CCor
a7931DTa
doctor7932NNdoctor
,7933,,
and7934CCand
the7935DTthe
plaintiff7936NNplaintiff
has7937VHZhave
a7938DTa
certain7939JJcertain
kind7940NNkind
of7941INof
injury7942NNinjury
to7943TOto
himself7944PPhimself
or7945CCor
his7946PP$his
house7947NNhouse
,7948,,
and7949CCand
the7950DTthe
doctor7951NNdoctor
says7952VVZsay
:7953::
Well7954UHwell
,7955,,
a7956DTa
person7957NNperson
who7958WPwho
coughs7959VVZcough
like7960INlike
that7961DTthat
and7962CCand
a7963DTa
person7964NNperson
who7965WPwho
has7966VHZhave
that7967DTthat
kind7968NNkind
of7969INof
lifting7970VVGlift
problem7971NNproblem
,7972,,
I7973PPI
've7974VHPhave
looked7975VVNlook
up7976RPup
all7977PDTall
the7978DTthe
treatises7979NNStreatise
,7980,,
and7981CCand
they7982PPthey
suggest7983VVPsuggest
there7984EXthere
might7985MDmight
be7986VBbe
X7987NPX
or7988CCor
Y7989NPY
,7990,,
and7991CCand
in7992INin
my7993PP$my
experience7994NNexperience
,7995,,
I7996PPI
can7997MDcan
refine7998VVrefine
that7999IN/thatthat
further8000JJRfurther
because8001INbecause
I8002PPI
've8003VHPhave
had8004VHDhave
thousands8005NNSthousand
of8006INof
clients8007NNSclient
.8008SENT.
And8009CCand
when8010WRBwhen
they8011PPthey
cough8012VVPcough
like8013INlike
that8014DTthat
,8015,,
it8016PPit
means8017VVZmean
dah-dah-dah8018NNdah-dah-dah
.8019SENT.
Okay8020JJokay
?8021SENT?
And8022CCand
that8023DTthat
's8024VBZbe
all8025DTall
there8026RBthere
is8027VBZbe
.8028SENT.
And8029CCand
if8030INif
that8031WDTthat
's8032VBZbe
all8033DTall
there8034RBthere
is8035VBZbe
,8036,,
does8037VVZdo
that8038DTthat
expert8039NNexpert
...8040:...
or8041CCor
the8042DTthe
house8043NNhouse
painter8044NNpainter
says8045VVZsay
the8046DTthe
same8047JJsame
thing8048NNthing
about8049INabout
a8050DTa
...8051:...
about8052INabout
a8053DTa
rotten8054JJrotten
board8055NNboard
.8056SENT.
A8057DTa
rotten8058JJrotten
board8059NNboard
in8060INin
my8061PP$my
experience8062NNexperience
means8063VVZmean
termites8064NNStermite
if8065INif
it8066PPit
's8067VBZbe
like8068INlike
this8069DTthis
but8070CCbut
not8071RBnot
if8072INif
it8073PPit
leads8074VVZlead
that8075DTthat
.8076SENT.
And8077CCand
...8078:...
and8079CCand
I8080PPI
've8081VHPhave
talked8082VVNtalk
to8083TOto
many8084JJmany
doctors8085NNSdoctor
or8086CCor
many8087JJmany
house8088NNhouse
painters8089NNSpainter
,8090,,
and8091CCand
I8092PPI
've8093VHPhave
seen8094VVNsee
a8095DTa
lot8096NNlot
myself8097PPmyself
,8098,,
and8099CCand
that8100DTthat
's8101VBZbe
my8102PP$my
experience8103NNexperience
.8104SENT.
Now8105RBnow
is8106VBZbe
that8107IN/thatthat
reversible8108JJreversible
error8109NNerror
?8110SENT?
[MR. YANG]8111LOC[MR. YANG]
No8112NPNo
.8113SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]8114LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Well8115UHWell
,8116,,
then8117RBthen
why8118WRBwhy
would8119MDwould
it8120PPit
be8121VBbe
reversible8122JJreversible
error8123NNerror
here8124RBhere
if8125INif
the8126DTthe
vocational8127JJvocational
expert8128NNexpert
says8129VVZsay
exactly8130RBexactly
the8131DTthe
same8132JJsame
thing8133NNthing
?8134SENT?
[MR. YANG]8135LOC[MR. YANG]
The8136NPThe
...8137:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]8138LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
You8139PPyou
're8140VBPbe
going8141VVGgo
to8142TOto
say8143VVsay
it8144PPit
is8145VBZbe
n't8146RBn't
.8147SENT.
Okay8148JJokay
.8149SENT.
[MR. YANG]8150LOC[MR. YANG]
The8151NPThe
...8152:...
no8153UHno
,8154,,
the8155DTthe
one8156CDone
thing8157NNthing
that8158IN/thatthat
I8159PPI
'm8160VBPbe
holding8161VVGhold
out8162RBout
is8163VBZbe
...8164:...
is8165VBZbe
this8166DTthis
standard8167NNstandard
looks8168VVZlook
to8169TOto
the8170DTthe
whole8171JJwhole
record8172NNrecord
,8173,,
and8174CCand
there8175EXthere
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things8177NNSthing
that8178WDTthat
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...8180:...
evidence8181NNevidence
that8182WDTthat
can8183MDcan
be8184VBbe
admitted8185VVNadmit
into8186INinto
the8187DTthe
record8188NNrecord
that8189WDTthat
can8190MDcan
undermine8191VVundermine
the8192DTthe
bottom8193JJbottom
line8194NNline
conclusion8195NNconclusion
.8196SENT.
So8197RBso
if8198INif
,8199,,
for8200INfor
instance8201NNinstance
...8202:...
and8203CCand
there8204EXthere
are8205VBPbe
cases8206NNScase
like8207INlike
this8208DTthis
...8209:...
the8210DTthe
vocational8211JJvocational
expert8212NNexpert
gives8213VVZgive
a8214DTa
bottom8215JJbottom
line8216NNline
number8217NNnumber
and8218CCand
then8219RBthen
there8220EXthere
's8221VBZbe
cross-examination8222NNcross-examination
and8223CCand
this8224DTthis
...8225:...
the8226DTthe
vocational8227JJvocational
expert8228NNexpert
cannot8229MDcan
answer8230VVanswer
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any8232DTany
credible8233JJcredible
way8234NNway
how8235WRBhow
the8236DTthe
expert8237NNexpert
came8238VVDcome
about8239INabout
doing8240VVGdo
this8241DTthis
.8242SENT.
Well8243UHwell
,8244,,
you8245PPyou
know8246VVPknow
,8247,,
I8248PPI
'm8249VBPbe
a8250DTa
vocational8251JJvocational
expert8252NNexpert
.8253SENT.
Well8254UHwell
,8255,,
that8256WDTthat
does8257VVZdo
n't8258RBn't
make8259VVmake
any8260DTany
sense8261NNsense
.8262SENT.
We8263PPwe
're8264VBPbe
asking8265VVGask
you8266PPyou
how8267WRBhow
.8268SENT.
And8269CCand
you8270PPyou
probe8271VVPprobe
and8272CCand
you8273PPyou
probe8274VVPprobe
,8275,,
and8276CCand
it8277PPit
ends8278VVZend
up8279RPup
under8280INunder
...8281:...
so8282RBso
undermining8283VVGundermine
that8284DTthat
testimony8285NNtestimony
that8286IN/thatthat
the8287DTthe
record8288NNrecord
evidence8289NNevidence
shows8290VVZshow
that8291IN/thatthat
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a8293DTa
reasonable8294JJreasonable
person8295NNperson
...8296:...
a8297DTa
reasonable8298JJreasonable
person8299NNperson
would8300MDwould
not8301RBnot
have8302VHhave
relied8303VVNrely
upon8304INupon
that8305DTthat
.8306SENT.
That's8307NPThat's
...8308:...
that8309WDTthat
's8310VBZbe
a8311DTa
different8312JJdifferent
...8313:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8314LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well8315UHwell
,8316,,
but8317CCbut
no8318DTno
matter8319NNmatter
how8320NNhow
...8321:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8322LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Mr8323NPMr
.8324SENT.
Yang8325NPYang
,8326,,
it8327PPit
's8328VBZbe
really8329RBreally
...8330:...
I8331PPI
'm8332VBPbe
sorry8333JJsorry
.8334SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8335LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
...8336:...
no8337DTno
matter8338NNmatter
how8339WRBhow
much8340JJmuch
of8341INof
an8342DTan
expert8343NNexpert
a8344DTa
person8345NNperson
is8346VBZbe
,8347,,
what8348WPwhat
you8349PPyou
've8350VHPhave
basically8351RBbasically
said8352VVNsay
is8353VBZbe
...8354:...
is8355VBZbe
trust8356NNtrust
me8357PPme
.8358SENT.
I've8359NNI've
...8360:...
I8361PPI
've8362VHPhave
done8363VVNdo
this8364DTthis
for8365INfor
a8366DTa
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and8368CCand
I8369PPI
think8370VVPthink
...8371:...
and8372CCand
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just8376RBjust
trust8377VVtrust
me8378PPme
,8379,,
I8380PPI
think8381VVPthink
,8382,,
in8383INin
general8384NNgeneral
.8385SENT.
Trust8386VVtrust
me8387PPme
,8388,,
I8389PPI
think8390VVPthink
,8391,,
it8392PPit
's8393VBZbe
208394CD@card@
,8395,,
you8396PPyou
know8397VVPknow
,8398,,
208399CD@card@
percent8400NNpercent
.8401SENT.
It8402PPit
does8403VVZdo
have8404VHPhave
a8405DTa
sense8406NNsense
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being8408VBGbe
pulled8409VVNpull
out8410RPout
of8411INof
...8412:...
pulled8413VVNpull
out8414RPout
of8415INof
the8416DTthe
air8417NNair
.8418SENT.
[MR. YANG]8419LOC[MR. YANG]
There8420RBthere
...8421:...
there8422EXthere
are8423VBPbe
two8424CDtwo
points8425NNSpoint
that8426WDTthat
I8427PPI
think8428VVPthink
are8429VBPbe
important8430JJimportant
.8431SENT.
One8432CDOne
,8433,,
there8434EXthere
are8435VBPbe
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a8439DTa
Social8440NPSocial
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just8444RBjust
like8445INlike
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cases8448NNScase
.8449SENT.
This8450DTthis
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one8452CDone
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.8455SENT.
And8456CCand
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issues8458NNSissue
are8459VBPbe
not8460RBnot
contested8461VVNcontest
,8462,,
and8463CCand
when8464WRBwhen
they8465PPthey
're8466VBPbe
not8467RBnot
contested8468VVNcontest
,8469,,
you8470PPyou
do8471VVPdo
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have8473VHhave
to8474TOto
develop8475VVdevelop
much8476RBmuch
of8477INof
a8478DTa
record8479NNrecord
on8480INon
it8481PPit
.8482SENT.
The8483DTthe
reason8484NNreason
is8485VBZbe
you8486PPyou
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...8488:...
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to8492TOto
develop8493VVdevelop
a8494DTa
record8495NNrecord
on8496INon
uncontested8497JJuncontested
things8498NNSthing
,8499,,
it8500PPit
would8501MDwould
be8502VBbe
an8503DTan
unmanageable8504JJunmanageable
process8505NNprocess
.8506SENT.
It8507PPit
happens8508VVZhappen
in8509INin
court8510NNcourt
litigation8511NNlitigation
.8512SENT.
It8513PPit
happens8514VVZhappen
here8515RBhere
.8516SENT.
Secondly8517RBsecondly
,8518,,
what8519WPwhat
we8520PPwe
're8521VBPbe
talking8522VVGtalk
about8523RBabout
is8524VBZbe
the8525DTthe
question8526NNquestion
of8527INof
...8528:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]8529LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
But8530CCbut
there8531EXthere
was8532VBDbe
...8533:...
here8534RBhere
,8535,,
there8536EXthere
was8537VBDbe
...8538:...
you8539PPyou
said8540VVDsay
it8541PPit
was8542VBDbe
...8543:...
the8544DTthe
expert8545NNexpert
did8546VVDdo
n't8547RBn't
say8548VVsay
no8549RBno
,8550,,
but8551CCbut
the8552DTthe
expert8553NNexpert
...8554:...
the8555DTthe
question8556NNquestion
to8557TOto
the8558DTthe
expert8559NNexpert
was8560VBDbe
:8561::
Can8562MDcan
you8563PPyou
provide8564VVprovide
those8565DTthose
surveys8566NNSsurvey
?8567SENT?
No8568UHNo
,8569,,
they8570PPthey
're8571VBPbe
confidential8572JJconfidential
.8573SENT.
[MR. YANG]8574LOC[MR. YANG]
The8575NPThe
...8576:...
the8577DTthe
...8578:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]8579LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Then8580RBthen
...8581:...
so8582RBso
the8583DTthe
expert8584NNexpert
said8585VVDsay
no8586RBno
,8587,,
and8588CCand
then8589RBthen
the8590DTthe
ALJ8591NPALJ
backs8592VVZback
her8593PPher
up8594RPup
.8595SENT.
[MR. YANG]8596LOC[MR. YANG]
I8597PPI
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[MR. YANG]8712LOC[MR. YANG]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8793LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. YANG]8820LOC[MR. YANG]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8826LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. YANG]8835LOC[MR. YANG]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8839LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. YANG]8848LOC[MR. YANG]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8851LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. YANG]8865LOC[MR. YANG]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8907LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. YANG]8910LOC[MR. YANG]
...8911:...
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[MR. YANG]8977LOC[MR. YANG]
But8978CCbut
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9022LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. YANG]9066LOC[MR. YANG]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9072LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. YANG]9078LOC[MR. YANG]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9129LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. YANG]9153LOC[MR. YANG]
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[MR. YANG]9397LOC[MR. YANG]
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[MR. YANG]9429LOC[MR. YANG]
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[MR. YANG]9439LOC[MR. YANG]
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.9634SENT.
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you9636PPyou
do9637VVPdo
n't9638RBn't
list9639VVlist
,9640,,
unless9641INunless
it9642PPit
's9643VBZbe
...9644:...
unless9645INunless
it9646PPit
's9647VBZbe
cross-examine9648VVcross-examine
,9649,,
all9650RBall
of9651INof
them9652PPthem
.9653SENT.
You9654PPyou
're9655VBPbe
asked9656VVNask
initially9657RBinitially
to9658TOto
provide9659VVprovide
an9660DTan
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number9663NNnumber
.9664SENT.
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DOT9666NPDOT
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this9670DTthis
case9671NNcase
is9672VBZbe
nut9673NNnut
sorter9674NNsorter
.9675SENT.
If9676INif
you9677PPyou
look9678VVPlook
it9679PPit
up9680RPup
,9681,,
it9682PPit
's9683VBZbe
an9684DTan
agricultural9685JJagricultural
nut9686NNnut
sorter9687NNsorter
.9688SENT.
We9689PPwe
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are9695VBPbe
1259696CD@card@
agricultural9697JJagricultural
nut9698NNnut
sorter9699NNsorter
...9700:...
125,0009701CD@card@
agricultural9702JJagricultural
nut9703NNnut
sorters9704NNSsorter
in9705INin
the9706DTthe
country9707NNcountry
.9708SENT.
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illustrative9711JJillustrative
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the9713DTthe
type9714NNtype
of9715INof
sorter9716NNsorter
positions9717NNSposition
,9718,,
sedentary9719JJsedentary
sorter9720NNsorter
positions9721NNSposition
.9722SENT.
So9723RBso
,9724,,
when9725WRBwhen
you9726PPyou
look9727VVPlook
at9728INat
these9729DTthese
cases9730NNScase
,9731,,
what9732WPwhat
you9733PPyou
find9734VVPfind
are9735VBPbe
the9736DTthe
courts9737NNScourt
simply9738RBsimply
saying9739VVGsay
there9740EXthere
are9741VBPbe
so9742RBso
many9743JJmany
either9744RBeither
...9745:...
in9746INin
one9747CDone
case9748NNcase
,9749,,
it9750PPit
's9751VBZbe
agricultural9752JJagricultural
sorter9753NNsorter
;9754:;
in9755INin
one9756CDone
case9757NNcase
,9758,,
there9759EXthere
was9760VBDbe
sorter9761NNsorter
;9762:;
another9763DTanother
case9764NNcase
was9765VBDbe
sorter9766NNsorter
.9767SENT.
But9768CCbut
you9769PPyou
...9770:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]9771LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
So9772INso
you9773PPyou
're9774VBPbe
saying9775VVGsay
they9776PPthey
're9777VBPbe
all9778RBall
ask9779VVask
...9780:...
answering9781VVGanswer
different9782JJdifferent
questions9783NNSquestion
?9784SENT?
[MR. YANG]9785LOC[MR. YANG]
Different9786JJdifferent
questions9787NNSquestion
.9788SENT.
You9789PPyou
cannot9790MDcan
tell9791VVtell
from9792INfrom
this9793DTthis
.9794SENT.
And9795CCand
the9796DTthe
right9797JJright
way9798NNway
to9799TOto
examine9800VVexamine
that9801WDTthat
is9802VBZbe
to9803TOto
cross-examine9804VVcross-examine
it9805PPit
.9806SENT.
Cross-examination9807NNcross-examination
,9808,,
as9809INas
the9810DTthe
Court9811NPCourt
has9812VHZhave
...9813:...
has9814VHZhave
explained9815VVNexplain
,9816,,
is9817VBZbe
the9818DTthe
time-tested9819JJtime-tested
way9820NNway
of9821INof
discerning9822JJdiscerning
truth9823NNtruth
and9824CCand
...9825:...
and9826CCand
...9827:...
and9828CCand
accuracy9829NNaccuracy
in9830INin
testimony9831NNtestimony
.9832SENT.
And9833CCand
there9834EXthere
's9835VBZbe
no9836DTno
reason9837NNreason
to9838TOto
...9839:...
to9840TOto
exclude9841VVexclude
that9842IN/thatthat
here9843RBhere
when9844WRBwhen
...9845:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]9846LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well9847UHwell
,9848,,
you9849PPyou
usually9850RBusually
...9851:...
when9852WRBwhen
you9853PPyou
're9854VBPbe
having9855VHGhave
someone9856NNsomeone
testify9857VVtestify
to9858TOto
data9859NNSdatum
and9860CCand
numbers9861NNSnumber
,9862,,
the9863DTthe
way9864NNway
you9865PPyou
cross-examine9866VVPcross-examine
is9867VBZbe
to9868TOto
ask9869VVask
what9870WPwhat
she9871PPshe
relied9872VVDrely
on9873INon
and9874CCand
then9875RBthen
see9876VVsee
if9877INif
that9878DTthat
testimony9879NNtestimony
lines9880NNSline
up9881RBup
.9882SENT.
[MR. YANG]9883LOC[MR. YANG]
Yes9884NPYes
.9885SENT.
And9886CCand
so9887RBso
,9888,,
for9889INfor
instance9890NNinstance
...9891:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]9892LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well9893UHWell
,9894,,
yes9895UHyes
.9896SENT.
But9897CCbut
,9898,,
here9899RBhere
,9900,,
she9901PPshe
said9902VVDsay
,9903,,
I9904PPI
...9905:...
I9906PPI
can9907MDcan
't9908RB't
give9909VVgive
you9910PPyou
the9911DTthe
data9912NNdata
on9913INon
which9914WDTwhich
I9915PPI
relied9916VVDrely
.9917SENT.
[MR. YANG]9918LOC[MR. YANG]
Well9919UHWell
,9920,,
no9921UHno
,9922,,
this9923DTthis
is9924VBZbe
...9925:...
I9926PPI
'll9927MDwill
give9928VVgive
you9929PPyou
a9930DTa
few9931JJfew
questions9932NNSquestion
I9933PPI
think9934VVPthink
would9935MDwould
have9936VHhave
clarified9937VVNclarify
this9938DTthis
case9939NNcase
considerably9940RBconsiderably
.9941SENT.
The9942DTthe
...9943:...
with9944INwith
respect9945NNrespect
to9946TOto
the9947DTthe
job9948NNjob
numbers9949NNSnumber
,9950,,
the9951DTthe
...9952:...
the9953DTthe
expert9954NNexpert
testified9955VVDtestify
that9956IN/thatthat
she9957PPshe
relied9958VVDrely
on9959INon
BLS9960NPBLS
numbers9961NNSnumber
.9962SENT.
Now9963RBnow
,9964,,
remember9965VVremember
,9966,,
BLS9967NPBLS
provides9968VVZprovide
both9969DTboth
national9970JJnational
and9971CCand
regional9972JJregional
numbers9973NNSnumber
for9974INfor
various9975JJvarious
types9976NNStype
of9977INof
jobs9978NNSjob
.9979SENT.
And9980CCand
she9981PPshe
additionally9982RBadditionally
relied9983VVDrely
on9984INon
her9985PP$her
individual9986JJindividual
market9987NNmarket
surveys9988NNSsurvey
.9989SENT.
And9990CCand
...9991:...
but9992CCbut
,9993,,
remember9994VVPremember
,9995,,
in9996INin
this9997DTthis
context9998NNcontext
,9999,,
she10000PPshe
is10001VBZbe
an10002DTan
...10003:...
a10004DTa
expert10005NNexpert
who10006WPwho
helps10007VVZhelp
individuals10008NNSindividual
find10009VVfind
jobs10010NNSjob
.10011SENT.
So10012INso
her10013PP$her
labor10014NNlabor
market10015NNmarket
surveys10016NNSsurvey
,10017,,
one10018PPone
would10019MDwould
assume10020VVassume
,10021,,
are10022VBPbe
for10023INfor
individuals10024NNSindividual
finding10025VVGfind
jobs10026NNSjob
.10027SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]10028LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well10029UHwell
,10030,,
they10031PPthey
can10032MDcan
redact10033VVredact
the10034DTthe
names10035NNSname
,10036,,
right10037RBright
?10038SENT?
[MR. YANG]10039LOC[MR. YANG]
They10040PPthey
...10041:...
they10042PPthey
could10043MDcould
redact10044VVredact
the10045DTthe
names10046NNSname
.10047SENT.
But10048CCbut
,10049,,
if10050INif
you10051PPyou
would10052MDwould
ask10053VVask
,10054,,
well10055UHwell
,10056,,
what10057WPwhat
was10058VBDbe
...10059:...
when10060WRBwhen
you10061PPyou
say10062VVPsay
you10063PPyou
rely10064VVPrely
on10065INon
the10066DTthe
BLS10067NPBLS
,10068,,
and10069CCand
then10070RBthen
you10071PPyou
say10072VVPsay
you10073PPyou
rely10074VVPrely
on10075INon
the10076DTthe
individual10077JJindividual
market10078NNmarket
surveys10079NNSsurvey
,10080,,
what10081WPwhat
did10082VVDdo
you10083PPyou
rely10084VVPrely
on10085INon
the10086DTthe
individual10087JJindividual
market10088NNmarket
surveys10089NNSsurvey
?10090SENT?
And10091CCand
if10092INif
the10093DTthe
expert10094NNexpert
said10095VVDsay
,10096,,
as10097INas
I10098PPI
think10099VVPthink
is10100VBZbe
probably10101RBprobably
the10102DTthe
case10103NNcase
and10104CCand
as10105INas
the10106DTthe
ALJ10107NPALJ
probably10108RBprobably
assumed10109VVDassume
given10110VVNgive
the10111DTthe
course10112NNcourse
of10113INof
testimony10114NNtestimony
,10115,,
it10116PPit
was10117VBDbe
,10118,,
well10119RBwell
,10120,,
there10121EXthere
are10122VBPbe
about10123RBabout
2010124CD@card@
to10125TOto
3010126CD@card@
percent10127NNpercent
of10128INof
these10129DTthese
sedentary10130JJsedentary
jobs10131NNSjob
that10132WDTthat
are10133VBPbe
excluded10134VVNexclude
when10135WRBwhen
you10136PPyou
have10137VHPhave
to10138TOto
lift10139VVlift
above10140INabove
your10141PP$your
head10142NNhead
.10143SENT.
Right10144RBright
?10145SENT?
Then10146RBthen
we10147PPwe
would10148MDwould
know10149VVknow
...10150:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]10151LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Okay10152NPOkay
.10153SENT.
But10154CCbut
what10155WPwhat
if10156INif
you10157PPyou
think10158VVPthink
that10159WDTthat
's10160VBZbe
wrong10161JJwrong
?10162SENT?
[MR. YANG]10163LOC[MR. YANG]
Well10164UHWell
,10165,,
then10166RBthen
you10167PPyou
can10168MDcan
probe10169VVprobe
further10170RBRfurther
.10171SENT.
You10172PPyou
can10173MDcan
say10174VVsay
,10175,,
well10176RBwell
,10177,,
how10178WRBhow
did10179VVDdo
you10180PPyou
...10181:...
like10182INlike
,10183,,
what10184WPwhat
is10185VBZbe
the10186DTthe
basis10187NNbasis
?10188SENT?
How10189WRBHow
many10190JJmany
people10191NNSpeople
are10192VBPbe
we10193PPwe
talking10194VVGtalk
about10195RBabout
?10196SENT?
How10197WRBHow
far10198RBfar
did10199VVDdo
you10200PPyou
...10201:...
you10202PPyou
survey10203VVPsurvey
out10204RPout
?10205SENT?
All10206DTall
of10207INof
these10208DTthese
are10209VBPbe
things10210NNSthing
that10211WDTthat
go10212VVPgo
to10213TOto
the10214DTthe
weight10215NNweight
.10216SENT.
But10217CCbut
,10218,,
again10219RBagain
,10220,,
to10221TOto
find10222VVfind
no10223DTno
substantial10224JJsubstantial
evidence10225NNevidence
,10226,,
you10227PPyou
'd10228MDwould
have10229VHhave
to10230TOto
find10231VVfind
that10232IN/thatthat
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rational10234JJrational
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have10237VHhave
relied10238VVNrely
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that10240DTthat
.10241SENT.
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all10245DTall
kinds10246NNSkind
of10247INof
cross-examination10248NNcross-examination
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would10251MDwould
have10252VHhave
clarified10253VVNclarify
this10254DTthis
.10255SENT.
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're10259VBPbe
saying10260VVGsay
...10261:...
and10262CCand
we10263PPwe
're10264VBPbe
not10265RBnot
saying10266VVGsay
that10267IN/thatthat
when10268WRBwhen
you10269PPyou
cross-examine10270VVPcross-examine
an10271DTan
expert10272NNexpert
,10273,,
if10274INif
for10275INfor
some10276DTsome
reason10277NNreason
this10278DTthis
impartial10279JJimpartial
expert10280NNexpert
who10281WPwho
's10282VHZhave
already10283RBalready
been10284VBNbe
certified10285VVNcertify
as10286INas
an10287DTan
expert10288NNexpert
,10289,,
can10290MDcan
't10291RB't
...10292:...
can10293MDcan
't10294RB't
respond10295NNrespond
...10296:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10297LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Does10298VVZdo
n't10299RBn't
that10300WDTthat
shift10301NNshift
the10302DTthe
burden10303NNburden
?10304SENT?
Is10305VBZbe
n't10306RBn't
it10307PPit
your10308PP$your
burden10309NNburden
to10310TOto
prove10311VVprove
that10312IN/thatthat
those10313DTthose
jobs10314NNSjob
exist10315VVPexist
?10316SENT?
Why10317WRBwhy
is10318VBZbe
it10319PPit
their10320PP$their
burden10321NNburden
to10322TOto
show10323VVshow
the10324DTthe
basis10325NNbasis
for10326INfor
your10327PP$your
expert10328NNexpert
's10329POS's
opinion10330NNopinion
?10331SENT?
[MR. YANG]10332LOC[MR. YANG]
It10333PPit
's10334VBZbe
their10335PP$their
...10336:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10337LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
It10338PPit
's10339VBZbe
me10340PPme
getting10341VVGget
up10342RPup
there10343RBthere
and10344CCand
just10345RBjust
saying10346VVGsay
this10347DTthis
is10348VBZbe
the10349DTthe
number10350NNnumber
,10351,,
believe10352VVPbelieve
me10353PPme
.10354SENT.
[MR. YANG]10355LOC[MR. YANG]
This10356DTthis
is10357VBZbe
a10358DTa
public10359JJpublic
right10360NNright
,10361,,
and10362CCand
claimants10363NNSclaimant
bear10364VVPbear
the10365DTthe
burden10366NNburden
of10367INof
proving10368VVGprove
disability10369NNdisability
.10370SENT.
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way10372NNway
the10373DTthe
Social10374NPSocial
Security10375NPSecurity
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has10377VHZhave
administered10378VVNadminister
the10379DTthe
process10380NNprocess
is10381VBZbe
it10382PPit
has10383VHZhave
relieved10384VVNrelieve
them10385PPthem
of10386INof
the10387DTthe
burden10388NNburden
of10389INof
production10390NNproduction
with10391INwith
respect10392NNrespect
to10393TOto
the10394DTthe
step10395NNstep
510396CD5
inquiry10397NNinquiry
by10398INby
providing10399VVGprovide
a10400DTa
vocational10401JJvocational
expert10402NNexpert
such10403JJsuch
that10404IN/thatthat
the10405DTthe
vocational10406JJvocational
expert10407NNexpert
provides10408VVZprovide
something10409NNsomething
that10410IN/thatthat
the10411DTthe
claimant10412NNclaimant
can10413MDcan
respond10414VVrespond
to10415TOto
.10416SENT.
But10417CCbut
that10418DTthat
does10419VVZdo
n't10420RBn't
mean10421VVmean
that10422IN/thatthat
the10423DTthe
claimant10424NNclaimant
can10425MDcan
simply10426RBsimply
say10427VVsay
,10428,,
well10429UHwell
,10430,,
I10431PPI
want10432VVPwant
a10433DTa
report10434NNreport
,10435,,
and10436CCand
if10437INif
you10438PPyou
do10439VVPdo
n't10440RBn't
provide10441VVprovide
a10442DTa
report10443NNreport
from10444INfrom
your10445PP$your
private10446JJprivate
clients10447NNSclient
,10448,,
there10449EXthere
's10450VBZbe
not10451RBnot
substantial10452JJsubstantial
evidence10453NNevidence
.10454SENT.
You10455PPyou
're10456VBPbe
at10457INat
least10458JJSleast
going10459VVGgo
to10460TOto
have10461VHhave
to10462TOto
require10463VVrequire
cross-examination10464NNcross-examination
to10465TOto
be10466VBbe
able10467JJable
to10468TOto
discern10469VVdiscern
what10470WPwhat
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this10472DTthis
...10473:...
how10474WRBhow
relevant10475JJrelevant
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this10477DTthis
report10478NNreport
and10479CCand
how10480WRBhow
does10481VVZdo
it10482PPit
affect10483VVaffect
the10484DTthe
bottom10485JJbottom
line10486NNline
.10487SENT.
For10488INfor
instance10489NNinstance
,10490,,
the10491DTthe
job10492NNjob
numbers10493NNSnumber
that10494WDTthat
ultimately10495RBultimately
became10496VVDbecome
relevant10497JJrelevant
did10498VVDdo
not10499RBnot
include10500VVinclude
a10501DTa
2010502CD@card@
to10503TOto
3010504CD@card@
percent10505NNpercent
reduction10506NNreduction
because10507INbecause
the10508DTthe
ALJ10509NPALJ
did10510VVDdo
not10511RBnot
find10512VVfind
that10513IN/thatthat
the10514DTthe
...10515:...
the10516DTthe
claimant10517NNclaimant
could10518MDcould
n't10519RBn't
lift10520VVlift
above10521INabove
her10522PPher
...10523:...
his10524PP$his
head10525NNhead
or10526CCor
lift10527VVlift
more10528JJRmore
than10529INthan
five10530CDfive
pounds10531NNSpound
.10532SENT.
It10533PPit
may10534MDmay
be10535VBbe
completely10536RBcompletely
irrelevant10537JJirrelevant
,10538,,
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we10540PPwe
do10541VVPdo
n't10542RBn't
know10543VVknow
that10544IN/thatthat
because10545INbecause
it10546PPit
's10547VBZbe
not10548RBnot
in10549INin
the10550DTthe
record10551NNrecord
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we10554PPwe
suspect10555VVPsuspect
that10556IN/thatthat
it10557PPit
is10558VBZbe
relevant10559JJrelevant
,10560,,
we10561PPwe
can10562MDcan
't10563RB't
show10564NNshow
that10565RBthat
.10566SENT.
So10567RBso
there10568EXthere
are10569VBPbe
all10570DTall
kinds10571NNSkind
of10572INof
reasons10573NNSreason
.10574SENT.
Now10575RBnow
,10576,,
going10577VVGgo
to10578TOto
Petitioner10579NNpetitioner
's10580POS's
position10581NNposition
,10582,,
Petitioner10583NNpetitioner
,10584,,
from10585INfrom
the10586DTthe
cert10587NNcert
petition10588NNpetition
to10589TOto
their10590PP$their
opening10591NNopening
brief10592NNbrief
...10593:...
now10594RBnow
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shifted10596VVDshift
a10597DTa
little10598JJlittle
bit10599NNbit
in10600INin
the10601DTthe
reply10602NNreply
brief10603NNbrief
...10604:...
have10605VHPhave
asked10606VVNask
for10607INfor
a10608DTa
categorical10609JJcategorical
rule10610NNrule
.10611SENT.
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's10613VBZbe
substantial10614JJsubstantial
evidence10615NNevidence
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you10617PPyou
can10618MDcan
rely10619VVrely
upon10620INupon
it10621PPit
if10622INif
there10623EXthere
's10624VBZbe
no10625DTno
demand10626NNdemand
.10627SENT.
But10628CCbut
,10629,,
if10630INif
there10631EXthere
is10632VBZbe
a10633DTa
demand10634NNdemand
and10635CCand
you10636PPyou
fail10637VVPfail
to10638TOto
respond10639VVrespond
to10640TOto
it10641PPit
,10642,,
for10643INfor
instance10644NNinstance
,10645,,
because10646INbecause
the10647DTthe
ALJ10648NPALJ
says10649VVZsay
I10650PPI
'm10651VBPbe
not10652RBnot
going10653VVGgo
to10654TOto
require10655VVrequire
it10656PPit
and10657CCand
it10658PPit
's10659VBZbe
in10660INin
your10661PP$your
office10662NNoffice
,10663,,
which10664WDTwhich
you10665PPyou
'd10666MDwould
have10667VHhave
to10668TOto
travel10669VVtravel
to10670TOto
,10671,,
then10672RBthen
it10673PPit
's10674VBZbe
not10675RBnot
substantial10676JJsubstantial
evidence10677NNevidence
.10678SENT.
That10679DTthat
ignores10680VVZignore
what10681WPwhat
's10682VBZbe
in10683INin
the10684DTthe
evidence10685NNevidence
,10686,,
as10687INas
several10688JJseveral
questions10689NNSquestion
pointed10690VVDpoint
to10691TOto
.10692SENT.
It10693PPit
's10694VBZbe
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]10724LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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substantial10952JJsubstantial
evidence10953NNevidence
?10954SENT?
[MR. YANG]10955LOC[MR. YANG]
There10956RBthere
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there10958RBthere
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can10979MDcan
...10980:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]10981LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Yeah10982NPYeah
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[MR. YANG]10984LOC[MR. YANG]
...10985:...
permissibly10986RBpermissibly
infer10987VVinfer
.10988SENT.
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's10990VBZbe
a10991DTa
second10992JJsecond
...10993:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]10994LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Why10995WRBwhy
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...11015:...
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...11019:...
[MR. YANG]11020LOC[MR. YANG]
Well11021UHWell
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...11054:...
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you11104PPyou
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go11107VVgo
to11108TOto
...11109:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]11110LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
But11111CCbut
you11112PPyou
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agree11114VVagree
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okay11117JJokay
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...11167:...
[MR. YANG]11168LOC[MR. YANG]
Certainly11169RBcertainly
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]11171LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
All11172DTall
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[MR. YANG]11175LOC[MR. YANG]
I11176PPI
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.11211SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]11212LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Would11213MDwould
you11214PPyou
object11215VVobject
...11216:...
[MR. YANG]11217LOC[MR. YANG]
There11218EXthere
's11219VBZbe
no11220DTno
follow-up11221NNfollow-up
.11222SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]11223LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Would11224MDwould
you11225PPyou
...11226:...
you11227PPyou
...11228:...
would11229MDwould
you11230PPyou
...11231:...
[MR. YANG]11232LOC[MR. YANG]
There11233EXthere
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.11242SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]11243LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Would11244MDwould
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obviously11250RBobviously
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...11264:...
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...11320:...
I11321PPI
...11322:...
I11323PPI
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.11387SENT.
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to11399TOto
proceed11400VVproceed
for11401INfor
others11402NNSother
in11403INin
the11404DTthe
future11405NNfuture
.11406SENT.
[MR. YANG]11407LOC[MR. YANG]
I11408PPI
...11409:...
I11410PPI
...11411:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]11412LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
I11413PPI
mean11414VVPmean
,11415,,
is11416VBZbe
there11417RBthere
anything11418NNanything
wrong11419JJwrong
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?11423SENT?
Could11424MDcould
that11425RBthat
help11426VVhelp
solve11427VVsolve
the11428DTthe
problem11429NNproblem
?11430SENT?
[MR. YANG]11431LOC[MR. YANG]
I11432PPI
...11433:...
I11434PPI
think11435VVPthink
it11436PPit
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depend11438VVdepend
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...11469:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]11470LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Mm-hmm11471NPMm-hmm
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[MR. YANG]11473LOC[MR. YANG]
...11474:...
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the11499DTthe
process11500NNprocess
.11501SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]11502LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
No11503NPNo
,11504,,
you11505PPyou
would11506MDwould
n't11507RBn't
have11508VHhave
to11509TOto
do11510VVdo
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can11545MDcan
happen11546VVhappen
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various11548JJvarious
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might11554MDmight
have11555VHhave
to11556TOto
reveal11557VVreveal
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Since11560RBsince
...11561:...
[MR. YANG]11562LOC[MR. YANG]
Well11563UHWell
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...11570:...
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[JUSTICE BREYER]11611LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Hmm11612NPHmm
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[MR. YANG]11614LOC[MR. YANG]
...11615:...
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2411829CD@card@
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Powell11835NPPowell
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on11837INon
other11838JJother
grounds11839NNSground
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the11857DTthe
issue11858NNissue
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remand11860NNremand
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multiple11868JJmultiple
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revealed11876VVNreveal
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cross-examination11878NNcross-examination
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no11882DTno
tradition11883NNtradition
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Seventh11886NPSeventh
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anywhere11889RBanywhere
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categorical11892JJcategorical
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that11894IN/thatthat
this11895DTthis
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cert11898NNcert
on11899RPon
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substantially11904RBsubstantially
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the11906DTthe
operations11907NNSoperation
of11908INof
the11909DTthe
social11910JJsocial
administration11911NNadministration
...11912:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11913LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
How11914WRBHow
?11915SENT?
How11916WRBHow
would11917MDwould
it11918PPit
substantially11919RBsubstantially
impair11920VVimpair
?11921SENT?
[MR. YANG]11922LOC[MR. YANG]
Remember11923VVremember
,11924,,
these11925DTthese
cases11926NNScase
are11927VBPbe
...11928:...
hearings11929NNShearing
are11930VBPbe
tightly11931RBtightly
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the11937DTthe
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is11939VBZbe
immense11940JJimmense
.11941SENT.
People11942NNSpeople
wait11943VVPwait
all11944DTall
...11945:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11946LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
I11947PPI
do11948VVPdo
n't11949RBn't
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as11952RBas
how11953WRBhow
that11954DTthat
's11955VBZbe
going11956VVGgo
to11957TOto
substantially11958RBsubstantially
impair11959VVimpair
.11960SENT.
[MR. YANG]11961LOC[MR. YANG]
Oh11962NPOh
,11963,,
the11964DTthe
...11965:...
the11966DTthe
...11967:...
the11968DTthe
reason11969NNreason
is11970VBZbe
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going11975VVGgo
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be11977VBbe
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to11979TOto
predict11980VVpredict
in11981INin
advance11982NNadvance
what11983WPwhat
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have12001VHhave
to12002TOto
get12003VVget
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your12006PP$your
files12007NNSfile
.12008SENT.
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that12010DTthat
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going12012VVGgo
to12013TOto
require12014VVrequire
continuances12015NNScontinuance
.12016SENT.
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having12018VHGhave
a12019DTa
continuance12020NNcontinuance
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the12022DTthe
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already12027RBalready
waiting12028VVGwait
on12029INon
average12030NNaverage
...12031:...
a12032DTa
million12033CDmillion
people12034NNSpeople
,12035,,
think12036VVPthink
about12037INabout
this12038DTthis
,12039,,
a12040DTa
million12041CDmillion
people12042NNSpeople
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average12048JJaverage
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get12051VVget
a12052DTa
response12053NNresponse
to12054TOto
their12055PP$their
hearing12056NNhearing
request12057NNrequest
...12058:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]12059LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
What12060WPWhat
...12061:...
what12062WPwhat
is12063VBZbe
...12064:...
what12065WPwhat
is12066VBZbe
the12067DTthe
experience12068NNexperience
in12069INin
the12070DTthe
Seventh12071JJseventh
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that12073WDTthat
...12074:...
that12075WDTthat
has12076VHZhave
...12077:...
[MR. YANG]12078LOC[MR. YANG]
We12079PPwe
do12080VVPdo
n't12081RBn't
have12082VHhave
much12083JJmuch
meaningful12084JJmeaningful
experience12085NNexperience
in12086INin
the12087DTthe
Seventh12088NPSeventh
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the12091DTthe
Seventh12092NPSeventh
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n't12095RBn't
adopted12096VVNadopt
the12097DTthe
rule12098NNrule
that12099IN/thatthat
Petitioners12100NNSpetitioner
purport12101VVPpurport
to12102TOto
it12103PPit
.12104SENT.
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's12107VBZbe
some12108DTsome
dicta12109NNdicta
that12110WDTthat
suggests12111VVZsuggest
it12112PPit
in12113RPin
...12114:...
in12115INin
the12116DTthe
Donahue12117NPDonahue
opinion12118NNopinion
,12119,,
but12120CCbut
the12121DTthe
Court12122NPCourt
has12123VHZhave
since12124RBsince
stepped12125VVNstep
back12126RBback
for12127INfor
a12128DTa
minute12129NNminute
.12130SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]12131LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
How12132NPHow
...12133:...
how12134WRBhow
is12135VBZbe
the12136DTthe
government12137NNgovernment
...12138:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12139LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Is12140VBZbe
the12141DTthe
requirement12142NNrequirement
...12143:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]12144LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Oh12145NPOh
,12146,,
sorry12147RBsorry
.12148SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12149LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Is12150VBZbe
the12151DTthe
new12152JJnew
...12153:...
are12154VBPbe
the12155DTthe
new12156JJnew
requirements12157NNSrequirement
in12158INin
the12159DTthe
handbook12160NNhandbook
going12161VVGgo
to12162TOto
slow12163VVslow
things12164NNSthing
up12165RPup
?12166SENT?
[MR. YANG]12167LOC[MR. YANG]
No12168NPNo
,12169,,
because12170INbecause
we12171PPwe
do12172VVPdo
n't12173RBn't
understand12174VVunderstand
that12175IN/thatthat
to12176TOto
mean12177VVmean
bring12178VVbring
all12179PDTall
your12180PP$your
personal12181JJpersonal
files12182NNSfile
.12183SENT.
We12184PPwe
understand12185VVPunderstand
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to12187TOto
mean12188VVmean
bring12189VVbring
things12190NNSthing
that12191IN/thatthat
you12192PPyou
're12193VBPbe
likely12194JJlikely
to12195TOto
be12196VBbe
relying12197VVGrely
...12198:...
citing12199VVGcite
from12200INfrom
the12201DTthe
BLS12202NPBLS
or12203CCor
other12204JJother
...12205:...
DOT12206NPDOT
,12207,,
these12208DTthese
publicly12209RBpublicly
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sources12211NNSsource
that12212IN/thatthat
you12213PPyou
can12214MDcan
provide12215VVprovide
those12216DTthose
upon12217INupon
request12218NNrequest
.12219SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]12220LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Is12221VBZbe
the12222DTthe
government12223NNgovernment
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argument12225NNargument
that12226IN/thatthat
its12227PP$its
failure12228NNfailure
to12229TOto
provide12230VVprovide
timely12231JJtimely
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should12233MDshould
be12234VBbe
an12235DTan
excuse12236NNexcuse
not12237RBnot
to12238TOto
comply12239VVcomply
with12240INwith
other12241JJother
requirements12242NNSrequirement
?12243SENT?
[MR. YANG]12244LOC[MR. YANG]
Not12245RBnot
...12246:...
not12247RBnot
at12248INat
all12249DTall
.12250SENT.
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I12252PPI
will12253MDwill
say12254VVsay
that12255IN/thatthat
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is12257VBZbe
a12258DTa
...12259:...
a12260DTa
significant12261JJsignificant
undertone12262NNundertone
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fairness12264NNfairness
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due12266JJdue
process12267NNprocess
here12268RBhere
.12269SENT.
And12270CCand
what12271WPwhat
the12272DTthe
Court12273NPCourt
did12274VVDdo
in12275INin
Perales12276NPPerales
,12277,,
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I12279PPI
think12280VVPthink
is12281VBZbe
undisputably12282RBundisputably
a12283DTa
due12284JJdue
process12285NNprocess
case12286NNcase
,12287,,
is12288VBZbe
it12289PPit
applied12290VVDapply
,12291,,
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Mathews12293NPMathews
versus12294CCversus
Eldridge12295NPEldridge
,12296,,
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applied12299VVDapply
the12300DTthe
same12301JJsame
basic12302JJbasic
framework12303NNframework
as12304INas
what12305WPwhat
the12306DTthe
Court12307NPCourt
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Mathews12310NPMathews
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Eldridge12312NPEldridge
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And12314CCand
one12315CDone
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the12317DTthe
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consider12320VVconsider
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the12322DTthe
cost12323NNcost
of12324INof
the12325DTthe
additional12326JJadditional
process12327NNprocess
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The12329DTthe
cost12330NNcost
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the12332DTthe
additional12333JJadditional
process12334NNprocess
here12335RBhere
would12336MDwould
be12337VBbe
significant12338JJsignificant
.12339SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12340LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank12341VVthank
you12342PPyou
,12343,,
counsel12344NNcounsel
.12345SENT.
[MR. YANG]12346LOC[MR. YANG]
Thank12347VVthank
you12348PPyou
.12349SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12350LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Five12351CDFive
minutes12352NNSminute
,12353,,
Mr12354NPMr
.12355SENT.
Bhabha12356NPBhabha
.12357SENT.
[MR. BHABHA]12358LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Thank12359VVthank
you12360PPyou
,12361,,
Mr12362NPMr
.12363SENT.
Chief12364NPChief
Justice12365NPJustice
,12366,,
and12367CCand
may12368MDmay
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Court12372NPCourt
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I12374PPI
'd12375MDwould
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things12382NNSthing
the12383DTthe
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I12415PPI
'm12416VBPbe
sorry12417JJsorry
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you12421PPyou
look12422VVPlook
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page12424NNpage
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handbook12428NNhandbook
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explicitly12431RBexplicitly
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all12434DTall
hearings12435NNShearing
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should12438MDshould
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cite12442VVcite
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explain12444VVexplain
,12445,,
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furnish12447VVfurnish
any12448DTany
sources12449NNSsource
that12450WDTthat
you12451PPyou
rely12452VVPrely
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to12454TOto
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your12456PP$your
testimony12457NNtestimony
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And12459CCand
what12460WPwhat
I12461PPI
take12462VVPtake
...12463:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]12464LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Well12465UHWell
,12466,,
what12467WPwhat
if12468INif
,12469,,
Mr12470NPMr
.12471SENT.
Bhabha12472NPBhabha
,12473,,
you12474PPyou
're12475VBPbe
right12476RBright
about12477RBabout
that12478IN/thatthat
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,12481,,
instead12482RBinstead
,12483,,
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's12485VBZbe
just12486RBjust
,12487,,
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that12490WDTthat
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the12492DTthe
best12493JJSgood
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rule12495NNrule
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the12498DTthe
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rule12501NNrule
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necessarily12504RBnecessarily
a12505DTa
legal12506JJlegal
requirement12507NNrequirement
.12508SENT.
[MR. BHABHA]12509LOC[MR. BHABHA]
I12510PPI
agree12511VVPagree
with12512INwith
you12513PPyou
,12514,,
Justice12515NPJustice
Kagan12516NPKagan
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I12520PPI
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the12560DTthe
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I12564PPI
disagree12565VVPdisagree
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friend12568NNfriend
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the12570DTthe
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There12585EXthere
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data12622NNdata
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appealed12631VVNappeal
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the12633DTthe
Appeals12634NPAppeals
Council12635NPCouncil
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in12637INin
some12638DTsome
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...12664:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]12665LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
The12666DTthe
agency12667NNagency
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the12674DTthe
Seventh12675NPSeventh
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?12679SENT?
[MR. BHABHA]12680LOC[MR. BHABHA]
Not12681RBnot
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uncommon12729JJuncommon
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the12731DTthe
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the12747DTthe
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the12751DTthe
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the12761DTthe
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the12766DTthe
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that12769WDTthat
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the12771DTthe
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the12783DTthe
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200213129CD@card@
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good13146JJgood
practice13147NNpractice
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experts13150NNSexpert
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[JUSTICE GINSBURG]13152LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
The13153DTthe
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seven13163CDseven
...13164:...
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position13167NNposition
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that13170IN/thatthat
so13171RBso
?13172SENT?
[MR. BHABHA]13173LOC[MR. BHABHA]
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not13176RBnot
...13177:...
Justice13178NPJustice
Ginsburg13179NPGinsburg
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same13187JJsame
rule13188NNrule
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,13192,,
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,13213,,
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those13217DTthose
data13218NNdata
sources13219NNSsource
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they13221PPthey
are13222VBPbe
not13223RBnot
provided13224VVNprovide
,13225,,
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the13229DTthe
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other13239JJother
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an13243DTan
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that13255IN/thatthat
the13256DTthe
decision13257NNdecision
of13258INof
the13259DTthe
Sixth13260NPSixth
Circuit13261NPCircuit
be13262VBbe
reversed13263VVNreverse
.13264SENT.
Thank13265VVthank
you13266PPyou
.13267SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]13268LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank13269VVthank
you13270PPyou
,13271,,
counsel13272NNcounsel
.13273SENT.
The13274DTthe
case13275NNcase
is13276VBZbe
submitted13277VVNsubmit
.13278SENT.