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Ted Cruz: “I'm going to predict we're going to lose one. I don't know…”

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

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Cruz Predicts 5–4 Supreme Court Ruling on Trump Tariffs

Published | Video Starts at 27:18

You have the three liberals who vote against Trump on everything, and you have six justices that are on the conservative side of the aisle, although they vary. I'm going to predict we're going to lose one. I don't know which, but I think we will lose in all likelihood, either Gorsuch or Barrett. even though Chief Justice Roberts was skeptical at oral argument. I'm going to predict that Chief Justice Roberts votes to uphold the tariffs, and I'm going to predict that he writes the majority opinion. (27:18–27:28)

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Predicts that either Justice Gorsuch or Justice Barrett will not side with the conservative majority.

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