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Ted Cruz: “The case law at the time was so convoluted and internally…”

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But, but I want people to understand the core of this case, how it got all the way to the Supreme Court. So can you kind of give it just a synopsis of what got us there so quickly? The case law at the time was so convoluted and internally contradictory that it made no sense. So on one hand, the Supreme Court had said for a long time the Fourth Amendment, the protection of equal protection under the laws, and the 15th amendment, the protection that no one shall be denied the right to vote based on race, that. (05:38–05:46)

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