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Ted Cruz: “The President cannot delegate that authority to anyone else.”

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

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Ted Cruz Discusses Biden's Auto Pen Scandal, Texas Flood Tragedy, and Stephen Colbert's Cancellation

Published | Video Starts at 01:54

And what the Department of Justice has concluded is that you can use an auto pin for any of those. 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. And what the Department of Justice explained, and this was years ago, is that the operative legal test is, did the President make … (01:54–02:01)

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Asserts that the President cannot delegate the authority to use an auto pen for signatures.

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