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It’s not false, but it’s out of context and deliberately misrepresented

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: So, if it's within the police power to protect the health and welfare of workers, you seem to be saying the states can do it, but you're saying the federal government can't even though it's facing the same crisis in interstate commerce that states are facing within their own borders. I -- I'm not sure I understand the distinction why the states would have the power but the federal government wouldn't.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/21a244_kifl.pdf