Classic Melton quote makes top quote of 2009
“I certainly respect the Constitution, but we have some issues that are much bigger than the Constitution.”
—Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Frank Melton, defending an executive order banning saggy pants, quoted in The Clarion-Ledger, January 14
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