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Scofflaw Senator Ted Cruz Argued Texas Had a Right To Execute Mentally ill and Mentally Deficient
Cruz voted for at least 3 executing judges to be added to the unelected
lifeterm serving US Supreme Court.
Senator Cruz as solicitor general in Texas argued 9 cases before the Supreme Court, 3 in which he asked the court to uphold Texas' right to murder its mentally ill, mentally challenged citizens, as well as to execute a citizen of Mexico denied his right under international law to contact the Mexican consulate.
But he did not argue a possible 10th case, as he ran for president in violation
of the constitution which does not allow those born in other countries of noncitizens to run for president. His campaign ad falsely implied he'd won every case of the 9. In reality he won only 2 to 4, depending on differing
standards for what constituted a win.. In 3 cases he defended the right of executioners or sentencers to violate their own state laws or to ignore He a World Court ruling on the right of arrested noncitizens to contact their own
consulates..
In actuality 'Cruz won two cases, and the rest were either losses or partial victories.'
Senator Cruz lost 1 of his 9 cases before the Supreme Court by a 9 to 0 vote.
In Panetti v. Quarterman April 18, 2007, Cruz lost his request that Texas be allowed
to execute the mentally ill.
In Medellín v. Texas Oct. 10, 2007, Cruz argued that in spite of a World Court order
Texas had a right to execute Medellin. Even G W Bush, executioner of 150, as president asked him to defend another hearing which Cruz ignored.
In the LaRoyce Smith case, Cruz lost a defense of Texas' right to murder Smith who had a
borderline IQ of 78.
In Kennedy v. Louisiana April 16, 2008, Cruz entered an amicus brief defending
execution of citizens who had not murdered, though Louisiana executioners were
attempting to violate Louisiana law.
In League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry March 1, 2006, Cruz defended
Republican gerrymandering which disenfranchised Latinos and other Democrats.
In Frew v. Hawkins Cruz defended Texas' right to delay the funding of poor Texas
children covered by Medicaid.
In Dretke V Haley, Michael Haley was sentenced to 14 years in prison for stealing a calculator from a Texas Wal-Mart. Cruz argued Texas prisons had a right to keep him in jail though
Texas had put a cap of 2 years on a sentence of theft involving only an inexpensive item.
Cruz defended a patent holder of a deep fat fryer in
Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB S.A. Feb. 23, 2011
Cruz also voted to allow the clubbing of hibernating bear cubs in their dens in the Alaska national park.
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/01/24/ted-cruz-supreme-court-cases/
FactCheck.org Cruz's Record Before the Supreme Court -
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/when-ted-cruz-argue...
