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Joe Nelson
29:07 - 29:35
“Such the expert that he makes decisions for us on the supreme law of the land of Alaska. In Alaska we have 5 Supreme Court justices, and today we have Justice Jude Pate to present to us some perspective from the Supreme Court.”
- Speaker
- Joe Nelson
- Timestamp
- 29:07 – 29:35
- Transcript
- Native Federation Video 2526606721442955
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
Somebody I'm going to introduce now has a lot of— a good long history here and is an expert in the field. Such the expert that he makes decisions for us on the supreme law of the land of Alaska. In Alaska we have 5 Supreme Court justices, and today we have Justice Jude Pate to present to us some perspective from the Supreme Court. And somebody who's a fellow lawyer but also from Southeast, I can attest this guy is, he's one of us. He cares about us.
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