So when I was the Solicitor General of Texas, I argued in front of the U.S. supreme Court defending Louisiana's law that provided for capital punishment, the death penalty for the most egregious child rapist. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court, five, four, struck that down. So we did not prevail in that case. Texas's law was also struck down. When Louisiana's law was struck down, I also defended Texas has a Texas sexually violent predator … (23:06–23:10)
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