Kentucky's argument included this laughable passage:
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“The Ten Commandments have profoundly influenced the formation of Western legal thought and the formation of our country. That influence is clearly seen in the Declaration of Independence, which declared that ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.’
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Scalia thought it was stupid too. Where in the Ten Commandments is there anything about men being created equal or anything about Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness? If that's the best they had, they didn't have much. I'm surprised it was a close decision.