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To: Hostage

And let Cruz argue the blocked EO before the Supreme Court.


29 posted on 02/09/2017 7:54:11 PM PST by Chaguito
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To: Chaguito
Actually CRUZ could argue the case, there is precedent for a member of Congress to do so. In the Amistad case of 1840, John Quincy Adams, former President and at the time a sitting member of the House of Representatives argued before SCOTUS. So did Abraham Lincoln when he was a Congressman.
44 posted on 02/09/2017 9:01:53 PM PST by cookcounty
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