Ted Cruz' "shameless rewriting of history" - WSJ editorial
Senator Ted Cruz’s claim that he somehow opposed the nomination of John Roberts for the Supreme Court. If Mr. Cruz had some inner doubt about the Roberts selection in 2005, he didn’t advertise it at the time as far as we can find. The shameless rewriting of history to serve his latest political needs is becoming a Cruz hallmark.
The Journal actually compared Cruz' comments:
From “The Right Stuff,” by Ted Cruz, the solicitor general of Texas at the time, for National Review, July 20, 2005:
As an individual, John Roberts is undoubtedly a principled conservative, as is the president who appointed him. He clerked for Chief Justice Rehnquist, worked in the Reagan White House, and served as the principal deputy solicitor general in President George H.W. Bush’s Justice Department.
But as a jurist, Judge Roberts’s approach will be that of his entire career: carefully, faithfully applying the Constitution and legal precedent.
From the Republican presidential debate, Sept. 16:
Sen. Ted Cruz: I’ve known John Roberts for 20 years. He’s an amazingly talented lawyer, but, yes, it was a mistake when he was appointed at the Supreme Court. He’s a good enough lawyer that he knows in these ObamaCare cases he changed the statute, he changed the law in order to force that failed law on millions of Americans for a political outcome.
And, you know, we’re frustrated as conservatives. We keep winning elections, and then we don’t get the outcome we want.
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...can't stand the stink.
