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Ted Cruz: “It's not clear to me legislation that the President didn't…”

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

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But look, it's fine for if something like correspondence, a birthday wish, but the question is for something that has legal force of law. And I actually want to know did they use the auto pen to sign any legislation? Because It's not clear to me legislation that the President didn't sign has legal force. The auto pen is not the commander in chief. And the chief. What about judges? For example, if he did an auto pen, which means he, I'm truly convinced that he didn't know what was going on. (23:23–23:29)

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Questions the legality of legislation not personally signed by the President.

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