Ted Cruz Criticizes Ninth Circuit Activism and Praises Trump Nominees

Criticism of Judicial Activism

• 🎯 Senator Ted Cruz slammed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for its history of "activist" and "wildly incorrect rulings."
• 💡 He highlighted instances where the Ninth Circuit's decisions were overturned by the Supreme Court, including cases involving a coach's prayer, privacy rights in trash, and detainee lawsuits.
• ⚖️ Cruz argued that the Ninth Circuit often substitutes "left-wing politics for the rule of law" and attempts to "dictate policy decisions far beyond its bounds."

Specific Court Cases

• 📌 In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the Ninth Circuit upheld a coach's firing for praying, a decision reversed by the Supreme Court which criticized the Ninth Circuit's "overt hostility to religion."
• 🗑️ The Ninth Circuit's invented Fourth Amendment privacy right in trash was reversed by the Supreme Court in California v. Greenwood.
• 🏛️ Cruz also mentioned Gnome v. Al Alro, where the Ninth Circuit's ruling on asylum claims at the border could lead to "millions of asylum claims" if not reversed.

First Circuit and Judicial Appointments

• 📊 The First Circuit, though smaller, is described as having an all-Democratic-appointed bench, making it a "magnet for progressive litigants."
• 🚀 Cruz praised President Trump's nominees, Joshua Dunlap and Eric Tongue, as "constitutionalists" committed to following the law as written.
• ✅ He emphasized that judicial appointments matter in ensuring the Constitution, not politics, rules in federal courts.

Importance of the First Amendment

• 🗣️ Both nominees, Joshua Dunlap and Eric Tongue, affirmed the critical importance of the First Amendment, particularly freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
• 📜 They committed to equally applying the First Amendment and all other constitutional provisions if confirmed to the federal judiciary.