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Fifty-Time Supreme Court Litigator Keeps Justices on Their Toes
Lisa Blatt isn’t afraid to tell a US Supreme Court justice they’re making stuff up, inject herself in her own hypotheticals, or talk like she’s debating friends at a bar.
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