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How Ted Cruz win in Supreme Court hurt U.S.-Mexico relations
The Fiscal Times ^ | 4/5/2016 | Emily Stephenson, Reuters

Posted on 04/07/2016 12:58:32 PM PDT by VRWCmember

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz often tells supporters about his Supreme Court win against the federal government in 2008, defending Texas' right to execute a Mexican man for murder, as evidence of his conservative and anti-establishment credentials.

But there is one part of the story that goes untold. The Medellin v. Texas case, decided when Cruz was the state's solicitor general, set the stage for years of diplomatic tension between the United States and its southern neighbor.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefiscaltimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: mexico; texas
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I think Reuters intended this as a negative piece about Cruz. Their criticism strikes me as more of an endorsement.
1 posted on 04/07/2016 12:58:32 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember

F*** Mexico.


2 posted on 04/07/2016 1:00:20 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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To: VRWCmember
Mexico, U Mad Compadre?


3 posted on 04/07/2016 1:01:41 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Everyone Does Know that after the Last Brokered Republican Convention, They Lost, Right?)
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As opposed to Trump’s comments which have healed relations with Mexico.....


4 posted on 04/07/2016 1:02:07 PM PDT by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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Ted says this is the case he is most proud of. None other than his BBF at the time, Justice Roberts, wrote the opinion.

Cruz picks and chooses at will.

And if I remember correctly, he had more losses than wins.

5 posted on 04/07/2016 1:02:31 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: KC_Lion

on a steek


6 posted on 04/07/2016 1:04:35 PM PDT by knarf
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To: Cowboy Bob
Agreed!

How will Cruz handle the GOPe apparent edit that they would back him but he would have to "admit to" Climate Change........taking bets Cruz can't be bought for that lie/scam!

Remember the Climate Change/Global Warming purpose is to kill Capitalism....FOT-UnitedNations and Progressives...FO-Obama.

7 posted on 04/07/2016 1:17:48 PM PDT by yoe
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It’s OK there are plenty here that will chime in on the side of the article, because.......Cruz!


8 posted on 04/07/2016 1:23:37 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Actually, he had five wins (including partial wins) and four losses.


9 posted on 04/07/2016 1:23:43 PM PDT by ExTxMarine (Public sector unions: A & B agreeing on a contract to screw C!)
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To: VRWCmember

We all cheered this decision very loudly. I had never heard of Cruz at the time but am very thankful for all the cases he has fought for we the little guys at SCOTUS.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/ted-cruz-supreme-court-conservative-213497


10 posted on 04/07/2016 1:24:31 PM PDT by libbylu (Cruz: The truth with a smile.)
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Successfully arguing in the Supreme Court to execute an evil murderer is one of the things I like most about Cruz.


11 posted on 04/07/2016 1:27:44 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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I’m sorry, but if other countries are so worried about how their precious citizens are treated in America, they should keep their murdering, raping citizens at home!

PERIOD!!


12 posted on 04/07/2016 1:27:45 PM PDT by ExTxMarine (Public sector unions: A & B agreeing on a contract to screw C!)
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To: VRWCmember

It doesn’t appear to me that hurting U.S. - Mexico relations is a negative in this campaign.


13 posted on 04/07/2016 1:30:37 PM PDT by Lower Deck
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The same story published at RawStory, but with a more inflammatory title: A look back at Ted Cruz’s successful legal crusade to execute a Mexican man in Texas

"legal crusade to execute a Mexican man in Texas" -- how leftists viewed a defense of Texas state sovereignty against subjugation to an international kangaroo court.

14 posted on 04/07/2016 1:31:22 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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That is a horrible percentage considering he brags so much and he only had to convince Kennedy. Cruz is weak.


15 posted on 04/07/2016 1:34:04 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: VRWCmember

So? This is not a negative.


16 posted on 04/07/2016 1:45:46 PM PDT by jch10 (Hillary in the Big House, not the White House .)
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I agree it isn’t a good percentage, but it isn’t one win and eight losses. That’s all I was stating.

I like Cruz, I like Trump...mostly, I HATE Democrats (and more and more Republican’s - DAILY).


17 posted on 04/07/2016 1:46:38 PM PDT by ExTxMarine (Public sector unions: A & B agreeing on a contract to screw C!)
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To: ExTxMarine

http://www.varight.com/news/cruz-not-so-hot-supreme-court-record-2-wins-and-6-losses/


18 posted on 04/07/2016 1:48:51 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: VRWCmember
Exactly! Go to www.oyez.org and listen to the actual oral arguments.

The man is simply brilliant and it is obvious that Justice Scalia understands early on that he needed absolutely no help to skewer the liberal jurists attempts to ACKNOWLEDGE AND ENCOURAGE THE USA’s PARTICIPATION AND ACQUIESCENCE TO THE UN’s WORLD COURT

19 posted on 04/07/2016 1:49:13 PM PDT by Cyman
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My reason and really a main reason for supporting trump is to take the whole government and tip the whole thing over. We had all 3 branches of government not long ago and nothing changed. We have two branches now and nothing changes. I want trump to go into the presidency and raise holy hell.


20 posted on 04/07/2016 1:51:36 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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