I think he might even surpass Reagan in his ability to handle the opposition.It was par for the course for Texas Senator Ted Cruz. His Aristotelian logic utterly devastates the left. Not long ago, Chris Hayes, a communist commentator on MSLSD, had this to say about our outstanding Christian, Conservative Senator, proving that the left fears and is awed by Cruz:
In October 2007, I sat in the media gallery of the United States Supreme Court and watched the Solicitor General of Texas [Ted Cruz] argue on behalf of the state that he should have the ability to put to death a Mexican national who had been convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in Houston. He won that argument and he was executed by Texas on August 5th, 2008, despite the objections of the United Nations and the International Court of Justice.
At the time, I had no idea who this man arguing on behalf of Texas was. but all I could think was holy c**p, this guy is good. It was one of his nine times arguing before the Supreme Court and he was witty, incredibly fast on his feet and clearly had a brilliant legal mind. It is to this day one of the most impressive displays I have ever seen before the Court and I have had the good fortune to spend a lot of time there.
Here's the link to Hayes' comments about Senator Cruz.
Yeah, I'm sick of people claiming Cruz is only standing up due to encouragement from Trump or that no one has ever stood up for the victims of illegal immigrant crime before. In the case you speak of (Medellín v. Texas) Ted Cruz did those things and far more.
In that case Cruz faced down the Bush administration and Mexico who wanted the death penalty dropped. What Cruz won was a win for Texas state sovereignty, National Sovereignty, and justice for the victims of José Ernesto Medellín.
Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008), is a United States Supreme Court decision that held that even if an international treaty may constitute an international commitment, it is not binding domestic law unless Congress has enacted statutes implementing it or unless the treaty itself is "self-executing." Also, the Court held that decisions of the International Court of Justice are not binding domestic law and that, without authority from the United States Congress or the Constitution, the President of the United States lacks the power to enforce international treaties or decisions of the International Court of Justice.
Medellín v. Texas
And for those unaware of what kind of animal the US and international establishment wanted spared from the death penalty.
On June 24, 1993, José Ernesto Medellín (an 18-year-old Mexican citizen) and several other gang members participated in the murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña, when they raped a 14-year-old and 16-year-old girl for an hour in Houston, Texas. Both girls were killed to prevent them from identifying their assailants. Medellín strangled one of the girls with her own shoelaces. Hours after Medellin's arrest he admitted to his part in the crime and boasted of having "virgin blood" on his underpants.
To his credit, Rick Perry rejected calls for further delays of Medellín's execution and he was executed at 9:57pm on August 5, 2008.