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Ted Cruz: This election was in a very real sense referendum, a referendum for the American people. Do you want a constitutionalist…

On the recordJanuary 30, 2017
This election was in a very real sense referendum, a referendum for the American people. Do you want a constitutionalist who will have a limbed, a humble view of the judiciary or do you want a liberal judicial activist who will impose his or her policy preferences?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz frames the election as a choice between constitutionalism and liberal judicial activism.

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