Honorable Ted Cruz
United States Senator, Texas, Republican
Ted Cruz was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2012. He served as the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. The following is excerpted from Senator Cruz’s October 5, 2018, remarks during the Senate floor debate on confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. It now appears that tomorrow, Judge Brett Kavanaugh will become Justice Brett Kavanaugh. It is worth pausing for a moment to reflect why that is of such great consequence for our country. In recent decades, the courts have seized more and more policymaking authority, have intruded into the authority…
