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Here's Why Ted Cruz Fought to Keep Sex toys illegal
Reason magazine ^ | April 13, 2016 | Damon Root

Posted on 04/14/2016 9:16:23 AM PDT by lonestar67

This is all fun stuff and will no doubt lead to some very clever jokes on The Daily Show. But there were also some very serious legal questions at stake. Namely, what limits does the U.S. Constitution place on the legislative power of state governments, and what role do federal judges play in enforcing those limits? Related to that, what sort of unenumerated rights (if any) are protected from state infringement by the 14th Amendment?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bedroom; cruz; dildoted; election; lonestar67; taft; texas
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To: lonestar67

Every municipality (and state) has stupid regulations on the books.

One of my previous towns of residence had a law about women wearing red shoes on Saturday afternoon. (ostensibly because: prostitution. Or something)

NO one ever imagined the township would actually WASTE MONEY prosecuting that law.

Not when there were REAL crimes ongoing.

And the argument TX used wasn’t ‘we are a state, it’s our law, we can’. It was ‘because incest’. Which is even dumber than the red shoe law.


81 posted on 04/14/2016 12:38:27 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: lonestar67
Cruz defended conservative legal values in the salacious case involving sex toys. This is further proof of his conservative credentials and legal expertise.

I don't think anyone on this Forum doubts his legal acumen. It's the rest of the package that is troubling. It takes more than SME (subject matter expertise) to be a capable leader of so complex a nation in such a dangerous world. He is a tactician; but he is not strong original thinking.

82 posted on 04/14/2016 1:08:12 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: nitzy

I do too. It will be a perfect excuse to illustrate the idea of federalism. Texas should be allowed to regulate (or not regulate) dildos. Colorado should be allowed to regulate (or not regulate) marijuana. New York should be able to regulate (or not regulate) soft drinks. California should be able to regulate (or not regulate) automobile emissions. North Carolina should be able to regulate (or not regulate) public restroom use, etc.....


^^^^^^^^^ THIS


83 posted on 04/14/2016 3:38:29 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Just the black assault dildos.


84 posted on 04/14/2016 4:19:28 PM PDT by Iron head mike (Dirty deeds done dirt cheap)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Particularly if the following gets quoted from his case: "Senator Cruz, as part of your legal argument, your office wrote that, 'There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one's genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship.'" Would you like to elaborate?"

Somehow, I doubt his answer would be an appeal to federalism.

85 posted on 04/16/2016 8:52:52 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Because Ted’s a passive aggressive putz who lets proxies do the dirty work. No way he was going to try to take that thing away from Heidi himself.


86 posted on 04/16/2016 8:57:08 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: Buckeye McFrog; null and void; DoughtyOne; Jane Long; All

Quite aside from the basic rights of privacy and the pursuit of happiness, what about the rights of elderly or handicapped couples. For example if an older man cannot use Viagra because of a heart condition, he can still pleasure his wife with sex aids. Of course, some fundamentalists would say you should only have sex for procreation, and if you can’t procreate, you shouldn’t have sex. That is the logical extension of Cruzian behavior policing.


87 posted on 04/16/2016 10:22:09 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: lonestar67

What about the conservative principal of limited govt - you want Sharia law police?


88 posted on 04/16/2016 11:41:04 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: CA Conservative

Ted was Solicitor-General for the state of Texas. Texas passed a law. The law was challenged. The state directed Ted to defend the law in court. Ted did his job as directed.

Any questions? :-)


Yes, did Ted Cruz ever say he was against the law but had to do his duty to uphold it? Or was he a backer of the law’s stated aim from the get go?


89 posted on 04/16/2016 11:47:07 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: proust

Rofl re Cruz’s college roommate.


90 posted on 04/16/2016 11:53:42 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: lonestar67
This is horse manure. Cruz was not the attorney of record, nor did he even work on the case

His name is mentioned in the court documents as Solicitor General, but he was not the attorney of record, nor did he have anything to do with the case. Read the real poop here:and wipe the amear out with the brief

91 posted on 04/16/2016 11:55:12 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: lonestar67

Ya ride in on a horse or a dildo lonestar? ROTFLMAO. I bought my wife a 75 horsepower dildo for Xmas. It pales in comparison to you. Idjiot.


92 posted on 04/16/2016 11:58:54 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Where did you get your information? Try the Brief: and see you got it wrong
93 posted on 04/16/2016 11:59:14 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

You want some dildo too? Heck I will take up a collection so you can go here on vacation. Make sure to take your wife. Be the first fun she had in a while. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador


94 posted on 04/17/2016 12:03:08 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: lonestar67

Regulate sex toys...... that there is funny. You are a hoot.


95 posted on 04/17/2016 12:04:18 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: musicman

The decline in Judeo-Christian values in the U.S. and other western countries is in direct correlation to declines in the economy, in safety, in education, in human rights, etc. If you’re going to ridicule people of faith, you belong in the Democrat party.


96 posted on 04/17/2016 12:06:33 AM PDT by JediJones (Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.)
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To: JediJones

You belong in the sex is dirty camp. Monogamous sex is not dirty. Your mother did you a dis-service. May a nasty whore rub her parts on your face and it be caught on camera.... wait. ;-) It has been.


97 posted on 04/17/2016 12:11:19 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: vette6387

What part of the Constitution guarantees the right to sell sex toys? The same part that guarantees the right to sell marijuana?

Conservatives don’t run to the courts whenever they meet a law they don’t like. They get the legislature to repeal it.


98 posted on 04/17/2016 12:11:40 AM PDT by JediJones (Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.)
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To: McGruff

Much of the president’s job is to sign legislation, veto legislation, make executive orders and enforce the law. Sounds to me like legal expertise is a useful skill to have.


99 posted on 04/17/2016 12:13:28 AM PDT by JediJones (Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.)
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To: JediJones

nasty whore and face....... ;-)


100 posted on 04/17/2016 12:13:40 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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