Cruz just introduced a bill to to limit the jurisdiction of Federal courts re:same sex marriage

[dixiegrrrrl]

Senate bill 1080.
Introduced:
Apr 23, 2015
Status:
Referred to Committee on Apr 23, 2015
This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on April 23, 2015, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.
Sponsor:
Ted Cruz
Junior Senator from Texas
Republican
Prognosis:
2% chance of being enacted

Posting this to add to the list of Cruz watch items.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Someone should have slapped it out of his hand before he could...

i know, they dont actually hand the bill over

or do they?

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. I jus want it on record what the lil runt did.

Let his ink haunt him now that he is a national public figure.

[customerserviceguy]

5. He wants that ink

It's well known that in the Republicon Iowa caucuses, the fundie vote usually awards the first victory of primary season. Cruz is nakedly going after that segment, while letting his opponents divide the rest of the GOP caucusgoers.

He's trying to keep Hucksterbee and Santorum on the sidelines by showing that he's at least trying to keep homophobia alive.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. The more the merrier in that dog pile.

They can split the vote 12 ways from Sunday.
All Hillary has to do is stay alive to win.

I would prefer to have better Dem choices, I don't like that we are driven to the polls out of a need to beat the American Taliban,
but ...sigh...that seems to be the reality.

[customerserviceguy]

10. Eventually

the Rethugs will coalesce around one candidate, then it's a matter of whether their hate for Hillary is stronger than the hurt from the wounds the various factions inflicted on each other during the process.

Also, it will matter as to who the mushy middle fears less in the weekend before the election.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. One advantage of no longer letting candidates be chosen at a convention

is there is much more chance of vote splitting among several candidates.
And I can only hope enough people have had it with Tea Party types by now.

[diabeticman]

3. Between states trying to legalize discrimination and this we are seeing the tip of these bills for

2015.

[charlyvi]

4. Congress cannot limit what comes before the court.

It's called "separation of powers". Cruz is a constitutional conservative as long as the constitution agrees with him; otherwise, it's "legislating from the bench!"

[hifiguy]

7. He may as well introduce a bill decreeing that the Moon

is made of green cheese. Federal district courts are courts of original jurisdiction under the Constitution. Which means if you meet the statutory requirements for standing and damages, you get heard. Jurisdiction limiting bills never go anywhere for a simple reason - they're unconstitutional on their face.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. His base don't know that.

So he can brag about filing legislation that makes them happy.

[hifiguy]

9. Exactly!

[malaise]

12. Someone should force this fugging fascist to read the Constitution