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Ted Cruz: “The Department of Justice has concluded that you can use an…”

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

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Senator Ted Cruz Discusses Legislation on Muslim Brotherhood and IRS Policy Changes on Political Endorsements

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… whether that's a presidential signature on an executive order, a presidential signature on a law that is being signed into law, or a presidential signature on a pardon. And what The Department of Justice has concluded that you can use an auto pen for any of those [presidential signatures]. But the test is the authority is the President's and the President's alone. So the President cannot delegate that authority to anyone else. The President has to make the decision. (27:15–27:40)

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Asserts that the DOJ concluded an auto pen can be used for presidential signatures.

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