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Ted Cruz: “One unelected district judge sitting in a courtroom in San…”

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

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Ted Cruz Criticizes Judicial Overreach and Nationwide Injunctions Against Trump Administration

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

… full blown judicial assault on the separation of powers that strikes at the very foundation of the republic. What we're witnessing is the rise of judicial lawfare from the bench. One unelected district judge sitting in a courtroom in San Francisco or Boston or Baltimore can now issue a nationwide injunction that ties the hands of the President of the United States for all 330 million Americans. That's not law. That's judicial tyranny. President Donald Trump was elected by over 77 million Americans with a constitutional mandate to govern. These district judges, they were not elected. (00:29–00:49)

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