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Pete Sessions: With regard to that matter, Attorney General Pryor did file a brief on behalf of Judge Moore and argued that the Ten…

On the recordNovember 12, 2003
With regard to that matter, Attorney General Pryor did file a brief on behalf of Judge Moore and argued that the Ten Commandments were legitimate because there are three depictions of the Ten Commandments in the Supreme Court. And right on this wall are the words ``In God We Trust.'' He defended that. When the case was lost, the judicial inquiry commission brought a charge against the chief justice because he did not comply with the court order, and it was the duty of the attorney general to bring that case under Alabama law. So he was required to present the case that had been brought by something akin to a grand jury.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the legal defense of Judge Moore regarding the Ten Commandments in a Supreme Court case.

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