NORFOLK, Va. AP – Alabama’s ousted Ten Commandments judge was expected to testify for a Navy chaplain whose court-martial on a charge of disobeying orders by wearing his uniform at a White House protest started Tuesday.

Lt. Gordon J. Klingenschmitt contends he is being punished for praying in Jesus’ name at the March 30 event, a political news conference to protest Navy policy requiring nondenominational prayers outside of religious services.