I’m about halfway through the book, Fed Up! by Governor Rick Perry and found these notes about the service of former Solicitor General Ted Cruz, who is running for Senator from the State of Texas.
On the death penalty for child rapists:
Texas supported Louisiana. Our able solicitor general Ted Cruz argued the case on behalf of Texas and eight other states, defending the authority of democratically elected legislatures to determine the appropriate punishment for the very worst rapists. (p. 100). Kindle Edition.
On the World Court mandate that Texas review cases of illegal aliens:
Somewhat shockingly, to me at least, President Bush then issued a memorandum attempting to order Texas and other states to review convictions of those not apprised of their consular rights. The case proceeded to the U.S. Supreme Court, where Solicitor General Cruz again argued our case. Neither I nor my friend Texas attorney general Greg Abbott believed that the United States should be forced to obey the World Court or that the President had authority to order the state courts to do so. In a 6–3 opinion authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court agreed, and Medellin was executed on August 5, 2008.
(p 101 location 1649)
Members of the Texas Tea Party can’t back Ted Cruz because he took $500,000 from a Red Chinese to kill a US company. Texas will not send a pro-China Senator to Washington. http://bit.ly/ribAKr
Baloney. A lawsuit as a lawyer is not “pro-China.”