So for him, having taken a position already on that exact provision and trying to defend it in court, I think he made the right decision to recuse himself. And, you know, If I had been in exactly that situation, as Justice Hagedorn is, I think I would have made the same decision [to recuse]. Brad Schimmel was the attorney general from 2015 to 2019. Act 10 was resolved in the U.S. supreme Court and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals even before I was Attorney General. (05:39–05:47)
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