Posted on 06/29/2015 8:31:44 AM PDT by VinL
Ted Cruz continued his verbal assault on last week’s historic Supreme Court decisions on Monday, saying the justices who ruled in favor of Obamacare and gay marriage “rewrote the Constitution.” “They joined a team, they put on bright-blue Obama jerseys and they rewrote the law,” the U.S. senator from Texas told Yahoo News’ Katie Couric during a live sit-down interview from Yahoo’s New York City studios. “Those decisions are a threat to our democracy.”
Cruz slammed Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the majority opinion in the Obamacare case on behalf of what the 2016 Republican presidential hopeful called “five unelected lawyers.”
“I think the chief justice believes somehow that by rewriting Obamacare he’s keeping the Supreme Court out of politics,” Cruz said. “But sadly these will go down in his legacy as the most political decisions he has ever made. And they’re violating his oath of office.”
The Court’s decision to effectively legalize same-sex marriage in every state, Cruz said, is a “profound threat to the religious liberty to millions of men and women,” regardless of their faith.
The Supreme Court ruling extends to gay couples the ability to apply for and be granted state-issued marriage licenses, but some conservative religious leaders worry about being petitioned directly to take part in services or otherwise recognize marriages their faiths continue to oppose.
“Society has no right to force a Jewish rabbi to perform a Christian wedding ceremony,” he said. “Society has no right to force a Muslim Imam to perform a Jewish wedding ceremony.” “There’s nothing in the Constitution that demands we tear down the marriage laws in every state,” Cruz, a conservative Christian, continued. “I am eager to fight for religious liberty.”
Couric asked Cruz if he’s out of step with public opinion on gay marriage since 60 percent of Americans believe same-sex marriages should be recognized as legal.
“I’m not at all,” Cruz said, blaming “liberals” and Hollywood for pushing the gay-marriage agenda.
The 44-year-old first-term senator vowed to expose what he called the “Washington cartel” in his run for the White House.
“I think it’s wrong when our elected leaders are lying to the American people and treating us like we’re stupid,” the first-term senator said. “People are fed up with people who say one thing and do another.”
That includes the Supreme Court.
“The Supreme Court represents the elites in New York and Washington, D.C.,” Cruz said.
On the issue of the environment, Cruz dismissed climate change as a “pseudoscientific theory.”
“Satellite data shows there has been no significant recorded warming. None,” Cruz said. “When the satellites are measuring the temperature — it’s not happening.”
Climate change, he said, “is being driven by politicians who want more control over our lives.”
On the subject of terrorism, Cruz criticized President Barack Obama for not correctly defining the threat.
“We cannot defeat radical Islamic terrorism with a president who is unwilling to utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism,’” Cruz said. “It matters.”
The Obama administration, Cruz said, is engaging in what he calls “photo-op foreign policy” — “drop a bomb here, a bomb there.”
“We should be funding the Kurds and using them as boots on the ground,” he said.
On immigration, the Canadian-born Texan and son of a Cuban immigrant said America needs to “get serious” in securing the borders.
“There is no stronger champion of legal immigration than I am in the Senate,” Cruz said.
But the Texas senator declined to answer the question of what to do with the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
“With respect to the people who are here illegally now, I don’t think we have to solve everything at once,” he said.
On his chances to win the Republican nomination, Cruz dismissed polls that show him trailing his GOP rivals despite being the first to launch a campaign.
“I think national polls are almost entirely irrelevant,” Cruz said. “I think the energy and enthusiasm we are seeing [on the campaign trail] is incredible.”
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Yeah, I know............-:)
Bob, Time Mag, that’s Time-—said of Cruz— “he never says anything by accident”.
Now, I don’t know if you’re for or agin him, but what I like about him is that whatever he says (for good or bad), one can take it to the bank.
Thought I was talking to myself.
I always did, and continue to, respect Gov. Palin.
Here’s the thing about Roberts. Cruz and Roberts both “clerked” for Rehnquist. That’s why Cruz is calling out Roberts for betraying constitutional conservative.
I don’t believe Roberts was bribed or extorted— least not by the Left. Roberts was appointed by Bush-— and one need only ask oneself, where would the Bushes comes down on Obamacare— or gay marriage for that matter.
Roberts just did the bidding of his benefactors, the Bushian socialist, globalists.
No, but to just pull out of the middle east and try to protect our homeland just isn’t feasible.
WHAT!?
Pulling out of the Near East is very doable. Those governments are like crime families: all of them have a leader who is a dictator/tyrant King who shows preferential treatment toward his own family/tribe. They are always backstabbing each other to garner control. The only goal they have, the only thing they admire, is naked power.
And you claim that it isn’t feasible to protect the United States?! Are you crazy?
No. We can secure our nation if we had the will power. But to assume that if we just pulled out we’d be ok is absurd.
Oh I’m Definitely for him- As Far as I’m concerned he is the only real choice we have- every other candidate I know of doesn’t hold a candle to him in regards to morals, standing up for the RIGHT causes, NOT backing down even when beign attacked by his own party etc-
They claim Cruz is absolutely brilliant- like when he went to the gays dinner party- the left went absolutely ballistic accusing the gays of consorting with the enemy- I dunno if Cruz planned it that way- (some claim he did) but if he did, that was a brilliant move- He had the left eating their own for awhile- IF he’s that brilliant- to plan a coupel of moves ahead like that, as in a chess match=- then the left doesn’t stand a chance when debating him- I’ve seen others claim he ‘never does anything by aCCIDENT’ - hopefully it’s true- We need v brilliance on our side- there are too many dead heads in powerful positions in the GOP, and they have so dramatically hurt our party that we’re now I nthe position we are because of them!
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With some p-bots, women can’t put the bead on you-know-who, without being called a green eyed desperately jealous exhibitionist. Or WORSE! Thanks for the smile. Rita
If I could just learn to edit my garbled posts! :) Yikes!
I did not say, by pulling out of the Near East we’d be OK. We can supply our own petroleum needs without the $Billions spent to prop-up tyrant Kings.
We do not share any of their values.
T
I agree with you, but Sarah had to speak for the loathesome McCain campaign.
Well, you said let them kill each other. I guess we should have done that with the Shah...oh, wait, never mind.
What about those students in Iran that needed support to overthrow the regime...do we let them “fight for themselves”?
The Kurds...do we not help them defeat Isis?
Israel....do we turn our backs on them too?
We don’t need boots on the ground per se, but we must not abandon the Middle East.
Turkey Is Now Set On Invading Syria. Soon We Will See Syria Becoming An Islamist State.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3305856/posts
Some things in this world just don’t make any sense. Read the article above; the link is good. It answers most of your questions.
Because Obama is Muslim, he is in support of Erdogan’s reaching for the Caliphate. That is why we abandoned Egypt. That is why we’re not helping the Kurds much. And Israel — I hope they do not become road kill.
Obama is importing more Muslims, and turning loose the evil killers of the Progressives (Gaystapo).
“With respect to the people who are here illegally now, I don’t think we have to solve everything at once,” he said.
This is exactly the proper stance.
When it comes to immigration reform, the status of current illegal residents is the last thing that needs to be addressed.
What matters now is effective enforcement of border security and existing workplace laws. Once this has been done, we can address the status of the remaining illegals. A law making anybody who is in the country illegally ineligible for federal assistance would be a good place to start.
Right, and like the Cold War, we must wipe out our enemy and help our allies.
Not anymore, anyway....
We shall see....................
Actually, Ted Cruz is correct. GISS satellite data indicate no warming is occurring. What the global warming fraud relies upon is tons of computer modeling (which is by its nature completely dependent upon the input assumptions), and ridiculously inaccurate surface station data.
Ted's right.
“Katie, you ignorant slvt!!!”
A la Dan Aykroyd...
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