Statements about Legal Issues
Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.
Says personal-injury trial lawyers "have provided over 80 percent of the funding for the Texas Democratic Party for over a decade."
Says legislation supported by gay rights activists would strip "mother" and "father" from future Texas birth certificates.
Says recent studies indicate that nationally, only 8 percent of white voting-age citizens but 25 percent of African-American voting-age citizens lack government-issued photo IDs.
Says he "passed" eight measures, including ones to prevent groping at airport security checks and to bar "sanctuary" cities in Texas.
Says the Constitution "specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy," so Barack Obama lacks the authority to defer the deportation of young illegal immigrants.
Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."
Says lawyer appointed by Eric Holder to investigate government leaks helped and donated to Obama's campaign, vetting vice presidential prospects.
"Just on Jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day."
Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.
Says his Texas election fraud investigations have resulted in 50 convictions.
Says she "created the first felony deferred prosecution program for nonviolent first-offenders" in Texas.
"We've had the same leadership in the Travis County DA's office for 30 years."
Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas.
Says a federal judge in San Antonio "issued a ruling that … not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word ‘benediction,’ the word ‘invocation,’ the word ‘God,’ asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail."
"Illegal counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion... every year."
The Texas Constitution "still contains Jim Crow provisions about the poll tax and restrictions on women having the right to vote."
Says some in Congress are trying "to create a separate government for those with a drop of Native Hawaiian blood."
Says that 98,184 Texans are now driving with temporary driver’s licenses lacking their photos.
You "can't check out a library book without a photo ID."
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