REIMBURSING CANDIDATES WHO LEND
FUNDS TO THEIR OWN CAMPAIGN IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ EXPLAINS,
IN A FIRST OF ALL, I THINK.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW -- HOW MANY
TIMES DID YOU ARGUE IN FRONT OF
THE SUPREME COURT?
HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU WIN?
>> FIVE OF THE NINE.
>> Sean: YOU TOOK OFF TOUGH
CASES.
ALAN DERSHOWITZ SAID --
>> SOME OF THE BIGGEST CASES IN
THE COUNTRY.
>> Sean: HARVARD PROFESSOR
SAID TO YOU OR ONE OF THE BEST
STUDENTS THAT HE IS EVER HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH.
YOU GUYS DON’T AGREE ON A WHOLE
LOT.
LET’S GO TO THIS CASE,
SPECIFICALLY WHY IS IT SUCH A
BIG WIN?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT FEDERAL
CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW, WHAT
CONGRESS HAS DONE, THE NUMBER
ONE PRIORITY FOR CONGRESS IS TO
PREVENT ANYONE FROM BEATING
THEM.
SO THIS LAW LIMITS THE ABILITY
OF THE CANDIDATE TO MAKE A LOAN
IT TO HIS OR HER CAMPAIGN AND
PAY HIMSELF BACK.
THE REASON THAT INCUMBENT
POLITICIANS WANT TO DO THAT IF
THEY DON’T WANT ANYONE TO
CHALLENGE THEM.
THEY DON’T WANT SOME PESKY
CHALLENGER, LET’S SAY SOME SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER GOVERNMENT TO
MAKE A LOAN, TO PUT THEIR LIFE
SAVINGS AND COME AND KNOCK AT
THE CAREER POLITICIAN.
THEY PUT THIS GAP IN PLACE THAT
SET ALL RIGHT, IF YOU LOAN MONEY
TO YOUR CAMPAIGN, YOU ARE OUT OF
LUCK, WE WILL LIMIT HOW MUCH YOU
CAN PAY YOURSELF BACK.
AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT, TOUGH
LUCK.
AND WHAT THE SUPREME COURT SAID
IN THIS CASE, 6-3.
I BROUGHT A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING
THIS AND 6-3, THE SUPREME COURT
AGREED WITH ME.
THEY SAID THIS IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, THIS ABRIDGES
FREE SPEECH.
AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT AS
THIS IS GOING TO MAKE IT A LOT
EASIER FOR CHALLENGERS TO TAKE
ON CAREER POLITICIANS, BUT THE
EXISTING ROLE -- IT BENEFITED
THE SUPER RICH.
AND THE RESULT OF THIS DECISION
TODAY AS IT BECOMES A LOT EASIER
FOR CITIZENS TO SAY ALL RIGHT,
I’M FED UP WITH THE DIRECTION
OUR COUNTRY IS GOING.
AND I’M GOING TO GO CAMPAIGN AND
THROW THE BUMS OUT.
THE MORE OF THAT YOU HAVE COME
OF THE STRONGER OUR DEMOCRACY
IS.
>> CLARENCE THOMAS, I BELIEVE
THE COURT WHEN I DO MY JOB AS
POORLY AS YOU DO YOURS.
YOU’VE GOT TO LOVE
CLARENCE THOMAS.
HE’S ALWAYS HAD A GREAT SENSE OF
HUMOR.
I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT
JUSTICES OF ALL TIME.
AND I LOVED THAT ANSWER.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
>> JUSTICE THOMAS IS A GREAT
AMERICAN HERO.
I KNOW HIM WELL.
THE LEFT IS TRYING TO DEMONIZE
HIM AND ATTACK IMPAIRED ONE OF
THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT JUSTIN
THOMAS’ GOT THAT BIG, BOOMING
LAUGH.
IT’S ALMOST LIKE SANTA CLAUS.
HE HAS NOT INTIMIDATED BY THE
LEFTISTS THAT ARE COMING AFTER
HIM.
HE JUST SAID THERE -- IS THIS
LEAK AT THE SUPREME COURT -- WAS
THE RADICAL LEFT TRYING TO
DESTROY OR SUPREME COURT?
IT WENT RIGHT TO THE HEART OF
THE TRUST IN THAT INSTITUTION.
AND BY THE WAY, I’M CONVINCED IT
WAS A LEFTIST LAW CLERK WHO
LEAKED IT IN ORDER TO BULLY AND
PRESSURE OF THE JUSTICES TO
CHANGE THEIR VOTE.
>> Sean: WHY DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT?
>> BECAUSE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE DEMOCRAT PATTERN FOR YEARS
OF POLITICIZING AND UNDERMINING
AND ATTACKING THE JUDICIARY THE
SUPREME COURT.
YOU LOOK AT WHO HAS CELEBRATED
THE LEAK.
IT WAS THE HARD LEFT THAT
CELEBRATED THE LEAK THE INCIDENT
HAPPENED.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LEAK, YOU
SAW LEFT-WING GROUPS PUBLICIZING
THE HOME ADDRESSES OF THE
JUSTICES AND WE ARE NOW SEEING
ANGRY LEFT-WING PROTESTERS GOING
TO THE JUSTICES HOMES, TRYING TO
TERRORIZE THEM, TRYING TO
THREATEN THEM.
SOMEONE COMES TO YOUR HOME, THAT
IS WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE.
THAT IS WHERE YOU AND YOUR
SPOUSE SLEEP.
AND THERE IS A FEDERAL STATUTE
THAT MAKES IT A CRIME TO PROTEST
AT THE HOME OF A JUDGE WHILE A
CASE IS PENDING, BECAUSE THEY
DON’T WANT PEOPLE THREATENING
JUDGES OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE.
MERRICK GARLAND, JOE BIDEN’S
ATTORNEY GENERAL REFUSES TO
PROSECUTE THE LEFT-WING
PROSECUTORS AND THE WHITE HOUSE
IS GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT TO
THREATENING AND TRYING TO
INTIMIDATE THE JUSTICES.
AS JUSTICE THOMAS SAID JUST A
MINUTE AGO, IT IS HARD TO THINK
OF AN INSTITUTION IN OUR COUNTRY
THE LEFT IS NOT TRYING TO
DESTROY AND WE NEED TO BE
BRINGING BACK THESE INSTITUTIONS
TO PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION AND
TO PROTECT THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
>> JUST LIKE THE DEMOCRATS ONLY
CARE ABOUT ONE RIGHT, BUT ALL
574 OF THEM IN THE SUMMER OF
2020, MOSTLY PEACEFUL.
BILLIONS OF PROPERTY DAMAGE,
DOZENS OF DEAD PEOPLE, THOUSANDS
OF INJURED COPS.
OBVIOUSLY WE ALL CARE ABOUT
BUFFALO, BUT THEY NEVER
MENTIONED THE EVERY WEEKEND
VIOLENCE IN MANY MAJOR CITIES