Posted on 03/21/2017 10:32:05 PM PDT by TBP
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) recounted Monday some of the policies of previous presidents that could have been wielded against Democratic Supreme Court nominees to show the hypocrisy of the questions being asked of President Donald Trump’s nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch. He did so while on the Senate Judiciary Committee for the confirmation hearing of the nominee.
“Some Democrats slandered Judge Gorsuch,” Cruz explained, “as being ‘against the little guy’ because he has dared to rule based on the law, the law that Congress has passed, and not on the specific identity of the specific litigants appearing before him. This is absurd.”
“Many of these same critics have spent the last eight years attacking the Little Sisters of the Poor,” Cruz continued, “a Catholic charity of nuns for having the audacity to live according to their deeply held religious beliefs.”
You really need to take a long look in the mirror if one day you find yourself attacking nuns, attacking the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the next day, you find yourself orating on the need to protect the little guy. “A judge’s job is not to protect the little guy or the big guy,” Cruz said. “A judge swears an oath to uphold the Constitution and to follow the law fairly and impartially for every litigant, little or big.”
“In the past weeks as well,” he continued, “some of my Democratic colleagues have questioned Judge Gorsuch’s independence, and suggested that he needs to answer questions about the actions and statements and even the tweets of the president who appointed him. I would ask, was Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg or Justice [Stephen] Breyer, asked about the sexual harassment that had been filed against President [Bill] Clinton by Paula Jones. No, neither was asked about that lawsuit.”
Was Justice [Elena] Kagan asked about President [Barack] Obama’s incendiary comments at the State of the Union attacking the Supreme Court for a decision he disagree with? No of course not. Those questions were not asked because they were inappropriate political questions that have nothing to do with the record of the nominee before this committee.
Cruz had vowed that Democrats would not filibuster Gorsuch’s nomination previously. The media had also taken aim at the nomination with a “fake news” misleading report smearing him a fascist based on a joke made during his college days.
https://youtu.be/TCrEhydU7GQ
Cruz looks better as a Senator than a presidential candidate
He’s a sharp man. There was never any doubt about that.
He has a strong conservative rating and we can use him right now, along with Paul and Lee.
Because through the Rs have the house and senate, being a Republican these days has NOTHING to do with being a conservative.
Ted Cruz the presidential candidate is the same guy as Ted Cruz the senator.
Four terms from now, Cruz will be younger than President Trump is today.
I hold my breath until the corrupt legacy media covers the hypocrisy.
Very good.
I appreciate Cruz’s outspoken nature, especially when compared to a very large number of other Republicans who don’t seem to have a whole lot to say about anything, much less the outrageous daily behavior of Democrats.
Cruz was good to have in the Gorsuch hearings and he’ll be valuable in future SCOTUS nominee hearings. He has a brilliant legal mind.
Cruz is spot on as usual when defending the Constitution. We need this man in the Senate as he is fearless and speaks out. Too bad there aren’t more like him in the House. Seems even when given the power, R’s lack backbone and can’t get along between themselves. Cruz doesn’t give a crap who likes him or not. That I admire.
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