The nearly 2,000-mile river that divides Texas and Mexico, Texas deputy solicitor general Lanora Pettit told the judges, is no more than “a creek with an excellent publicist.”
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The nearly 2,000-mile river that divides Texas and Mexico, Texas deputy solicitor general Lanora Pettit told the judges, is no more than “a creek with an excellent publicist.”
The nearly 2,000-mile river that divides Texas and Mexico, Texas deputy solicitor general Lanora Pettit told the judges, is no more than “a creek with an excellent publicist.”
The nearly 2,000-mile river that divides Texas and Mexico, Texas deputy solicitor general Lanora Pettit told the judges, is no more than “a creek with an excellent publicist.”
The nearly 2,000-mile river that divides Texas and Mexico, Texas deputy solicitor general Lanora Pettit told the judges, is no more than “a creek with an excellent publicist.”
The nearly 2,000-mile river that divides Texas and Mexico, Texas deputy solicitor general Lanora Pettit told the judges, is no more than “a creek with an excellent publicist.”