Anything with -er added to the end. For instance, clos-er or farth-er.
The superlative form ends in -est. For instance, clos-est or farth-est.
Answer:
In 2003, Patterson was appointed chief justice of a "Special Supreme Court" that tried the case of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who appealed his removal from office after he had refused to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the courthouse despite orders from a federal court judge to do so.
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