Ted Cruz: “The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court's order for…”

“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 U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court's order for Louisiana to create a second black Democrat seat. … seats. If it's possible to do it, you must do it. That's what the court had ruled. That went up to the U.S. supreme Court, and the U.S. supreme Court overturned that.” (04:12–11:20)

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