Ted Cruz Quotes About Authority

Quotes about: Authority

• It is true that I voted against the National Defense Authorization Act, because when I campaigned in Texas I told voters in Texas that I would oppose the federal government having the authority to detain U.S. citizens permanently with no due process. I have repeatedly supported an effort to take that out of that bill, and I honored that campaign commitment.

  Ted Cruz

  Commitment, Government, Texas

  CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

• One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President [Barack] Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees without mandating any background checks whatsoever. Now we've seen what happened in San Bernardino. When you are letting people in, when the FBI can't vet them, it puts American citizens at risk.

  Ted Cruz

  Eight, People, Risk

  Republican Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. December 15, 2015.

• By statute, Congress has given the president the authority to suspend immigration - any class of immigration if he deems it in the national interest.

  Ted Cruz

  Class, President, Immigration

  Source: time.com

• What Obama did wrong with executive power is he tried to change the law. He tried to ignore the law. And under the Constitution, Article I, all legislative authority is vested in Congress.

  Ted Cruz

  Law, Executive Power, Constitution

  Source: time.com

• The president doesn't have the authority to change the law or ignore the law, and that's what Obama tried to do.

  Ted Cruz

  Law, President, Authority

  Source: time.com

• Under Article II, all executive power is vested in one president of the United States. The regulatory state is Congress's efforts to undermine the president's authority. And my hope is we will see a president use that constitutional authority to rein in the uncontrollable, unelected bureaucrats and to rescind regulations.

  Ted Cruz

  Effort, President, Use

  Source: time.com

• I believe we should follow the text of every law, even (a) law I disagree with, it's one of the real differences -- if you look at President Obama and the lawlessness, if he disagrees with a law he simply refuses to follow it or claims the authority to unilaterally change.

  Ted Cruz

  Change, Real, Believe

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