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Ted Cruz: “Appeals to the Supreme Court, as a general matter, lie…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Defending Democracy - Trump Will Win at the Supreme Court | Verdict Ep. 194

Published | Video Starts at 01:40

Okay, so you can't appeal from the main secretary of state to the US Supreme Court because. So the only option was, in essence, Colorado. Colorado was the only option. Appeals to the Supreme Court, as a general matter, lie either from state supreme courts or lie from federal courts of appeal. And so the way the courts work, you have a federal system and you have a state system. Typically both are set up with trial courts, intermediate appellate courts, and then the supreme Court. (01:40–01:49)

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