Posted on 07/07/2015 8:44:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Olson dings Cruz's proposal to revamp the Supreme Court.
Conservative attorney and prominent gay rights activist Ted Olson took a swipe Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz , saying the freshman senator had abandoned a fundamental understanding of the constitution when he suggested a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision in favor of marriage equality.
Immediately following the Court’s decision, Cruz promised to keep the issue “front and center” in his campaign. ”That is very much front and center something I intend to campaign on,” he said. “And marriage and religious liberty are going to be integral, I believe, to motivating the American people to come out and vote for what’s, ultimately, restoring our constitutional system.”
Cruz subsequently proposed altering the Constitution to require Supreme Court justices to face judicial retention elections.
Olson, a former United States Solicitor General under George W. Bush, ridiculed Cruz’s plan as politically unachievable: “A constitutional amendment to change Article III of the Constitution in this fashion has virtually no chance of succeeding … I would think that most graduates of the Harvard Law School know that,” he said in an email to the Washington Post.
After arguing against him in Bush v. Gore, Olson famously joined progressive David Boies in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the case affirming the overturning of California’s ban on same-sex marriage.
For his part, Cruz, who as Olson points out is a graduate of Harvard Law School, served as a law clerk for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist from 1996 to 1997 before eventually going on to become solicitor general of Texas.
Despite his Ivy League education, the freshmen senator also revealed a basic lack of understanding of world religions when he recently predicted that the Supreme Court ruling would result in the Justice Department targeting “Jewish churches” that refuse to perform same-sex marriages.
I think her death made him lose his mind.
Ted has lost his way..............
Loser....
Oh shut-up Ted Olsen.
Yep, that wolf in sheep’s clothing. And he is not a pub, never was. The poor guy, I feel for him, but he turned bitter and has not recovered.
Ted Olson is not a conservative and I don’t know why the GOP puts up with him. With “friends” like that who needs enemies.
It is possible he was just behaving for her sake and now his true leftist colors are out of the closet.
Olson, a former United States Solicitor General under George W. Bush
Another hack Bushy hating on conservatives...Olsen included.
A very unfortunate loss
Don't need to read any further. ("conservative attorney" my a$$)
Lewrockwell.com is banned but drivel from salon isn't. Go figure.
We The People should have some recourse when black robed tyrants overstep their authority.
I’m willing to entertain Cruz’ ideas.
RINOS and their lib brethren l are having frequent non treatable apoplectic fits.
7 Years ago the dimwit would've been saying the same things about homosexual ‘marriage’ becoming the law of the land.
Standing firm with God is never a bad idea. Please keep shining the light on the moral decay of this country, Mr. Cruz.
“prominent gay rights activist Ted Olson”
“Olson famously joined progressive David Boies”
And there you have his motivation, folks.
Ted Olson is not a conservative ...
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Olson is a Bush, Boeher, Mitch, Rove GOPe.
Ted Cruz, Mr. 4%.
Olsen is a misguided soul.
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