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Ted Cruz: “Article 1 creates the Congress, Article 2 creates the…”

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

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It's fairly basic. That was his opening question. She had no idea what Article 5 was. Article 2 is even more fundamental. So the first three articles of the Constitution, Article 1 creates the Congress, Article 2 creates the president and the executive branch, and Article 3 creates the federal judiciary. To not know what Article 2 is is stunning. To give you a sense you will flunk constitutional law and not graduate law school if you don't know what Article 2 is, she was being nominated to be what is called an Article 3 judge. (14:58–15:07)

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Asserts the roles of Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the U.S. Constitution in establishing government branches.

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