Senator Cruz vows to protect BYU’s religious liberty

Last updated on: April 6, 2016 at 1:52 pm by Dan Peterson

Senator Cruz vows to protect BYU’s religious liberty 2016-04-06T13:52:48-06:00 Dan Peterson

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You may perhaps have missed Senator Ted Cruz’s victory speech last night. It can’t quite compare with Mr. Donald Trump’s statement following the Wisconsin primary, of course, but it’s interesting, nonetheless:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/ted-cruzs-victory-speech-wisconsin-38179409

Just after the 9:55 minute mark, for example, speaking in Wisconsin, Senator Cruz explicitly pledges to appoint justices to the United States Supreme Court who will protect the religious liberty of Brigham Young University.

He has special interest in questions concerning judges and the law: Famously, he memorized the United States Constitution when he was a teenager. After graduating cum laude from Princeton University with a B.A. in public policy (and a senior thesis on the constitutional doctrine of the separation of powers), he went on to Harvard Law School, where he served as a primary editor of the Harvard Law Review and graduated magna cum laude. The very liberal Professor Alan Dershowitz, who taught him constitutional law there at Harvard, describes him as having been “off the charts brilliant.”

The future senator clerked for J. Michael Luttig of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and then became the first Hispanic clerk for Chief Justice William Rehnquist of the United States Supreme Court. (His father came from Cuba.) Thereafter, along with holding various other positions in both the private and public sector, he served as Associate Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice and as Solicitor General of the state of Texas.

He wasn’t necessarily my first choice for the Republican nomination, and I disagree with him on several issues. But I happily support him against Donald Trump and, should the opportunity arise, I’ll be delighted to back him against either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.

The Democratic operative and consultant James Carville has called Senator Cruz “the most talented and fearless Republican politician I’ve seen in the last 30 years. He touches every button. . . . This guy has no fear.”

A good advocate for religious freedom, it seems to me, against those who would restrict it.

Who would Mr. Donald Trump appoint to the Supreme Court? How careful would he be in doing so?

See here for a clue:

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/423196/trump-praises-his-sister-pro-abortion-extremist-judge-ramesh-ponnuru

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