what the law of the land really is. now, it s okay to disagree with the supreme court, but if you claim it is an illegitimate institution, as he just did, then all of its decisions are illegitimate, including the decisions ted cruz helped write when he was a clerk for chief justice william rehnquist. in the hobby lobby case last year, four supreme court justices disagreed with the supreme court s decision. but ted cruz said this about that decision. today the supreme court handed our nation a landmark victory for religious liberty. many americans disagreed with the court s decision on campaign finance in the citizens united case, including four members of the court. but ted cruz applauded that decision by those five unelected lawyers. and, of course, many americans disagreed with the court s decision in bush v gore in 2000. four members of the supreme court disagreed with that
why would you possibly hand over the rights of 320 million americans to five lawyers in washington to say we re going to decide the rules that govern you. ted cruz knows that the constitution gives the supreme court the judicial power to decide constitutional disputes, which means yes, the supreme court has the power to decide what the law of the land really is. now, it s okay to disagree with the supreme court, but if you claim it is an illegitimate institution, as he just did, then all of its decisions are illegitimate, including the decisions ted cruz helped write when he was a clerk for chief justice william rehnquist. in the hobby lobby case last year, four supreme court justices dis agragreed with the supreme court s decision. but ted cruz said this about that decision. today the supreme court handed our nation a landmark victory for religious liberty. many americans disagreed with the court s decision on campaign finance in the citizens united
which to say there are some people who we don t believe are deserving of the same rights and freedoms as everyone else? well i think there s multiple things here. clearly, there are, you know people who feel their religious freedoms are being constricted by public policy decisions and we saw that with the hobby lobby case last year. but i think this does speak to a broader sense of unease in portions of the country about the cultural and demographic transition we are living through, which is profound. and what you see in mike huckabee s comments is an indication of kind of the magnet magnetic pull the pressure that republicans face. about half their base are evangelical christians primary voters. half the primary voters are regular church attenders. and many of those are unhappy with what s happening. the problem they ve got is that the underlying current of public opinion and overall society is moving in the other direction. and what we have seen over the past week not only from mik
honing in on indiana. the governor signed this bill into law on thursday. it s based on a federal law that was signed by president bill clinton back in 1993. indiana s new law comes after the supreme court decision in the hobby lobby case last year and after some christians have either been sued or fined after refusing to service gay couples getting married. with the passage of this legislation we ensure that indiana will continue to be a place where we respect the freedom of religion of every hoosier of every faith. and we make certain that government action will always be subject to the highest level of scrutiny. when it impacts the religious liberty of any hoosier. reporter: governor pence says he would have vetoed this legislation if it was in any way discriminatory. we should point out that last year in arizona, governor jan