by Ted Cruz
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), 148
Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, 102
Aztecs, the, 13
B
background check, 58–59
Baker, Jim, 168, 170, 173, 179–80, 184
Bartholet, Elizabeth, 32
Bartlit, Fred, 168–70
Baze v. Rees, 158
Beck, Phil, 169–71
Bible, the, 3, 5, 92–93
Biden, Joseph (Joe), 25–26, 61, 111, 114–15
Bill of Rights, xviii, xxviii, 1–2, 41–50, 53, 55, 62, 92, 97, 119–20, 123–24, 140, 145, 201
Blackstone, William, 49, 153
Blaine amendments, 39–40
Boies, David, 169–71
Bolten, Joshua, 165, 184
Bork, Robert, 208–10, 214
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, 106–7
Brandeis, Louis, 92
Brennan, William, xxxi, 98, 201, 203, 211
Brexit, 65
Breyer, Stephen, 17–18, 77, 155, 158, 159, 179, 214, 221
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, 24–25
Bush administration (George W.), xx, xxviii, 31, 53, 69–71, 75, 215, 228
Bush campaign (George W.), xxviii, 72, 118, 173, 181, 228
Bush v. Gore, xxvii, xxx, 173, 175, 197
Bush, George H. W., 118, 187, 211
C
Cambodia invasion, 204
capital punishment, xxx, 143–46, 151–54, 157–59
Carter, Jimmy, xv, 8, 80
Carvin, Mike, xxvii, xxviii, 167–68, 170, 174–76, 192
Casablanca, 195
Catholic Church, the, 25
Chamberlain, Neville, 80
Chemerinsky, Erwin, 12–14, 74
child rape, xxx, 151–54
Christopher, Warren, 173
Churchill, Winston, 197
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, xxix, 111–14, 116–17, 119, 121–23, 130
civil rights issue, xxviii, 5, 27, 38, 205
Civil Rights Movement, the, 5–6
Clement, Paul, 15–16, 52, 71, 205
Clinton, Hillary, xi, xii, xiii, xvi, xvii, 55, 75, 79, 111–12, 114, 116–18, 228
Clinton, Bill, xvii, 18, 24, 101, 118, 173, 218
Club for Growth, the, 129, 135–36
Cohen v. California, 121
Coker v. Georgia, 152
Commerce Clause, 216
Connally, John, 189
Connick v. Thompson, 151
contraceptive mandate, 23–24
Cooper, Chuck, xxvii, 28, 106, 168, 176, 208, 221, 231
Cornyn, John, x, 132
Craddick, Tom, 186
crime rates, 57, 140–41
Cruz, Heidi, xiii, xxi, xxviii, 15, 37, 72, 128–29, 165–66, 168, 176, 180–83, 185–86, 220
D
death penalty, xxiii, xxv, xxx, 67, 72, 75, 144–49, 151–52, 154, 157–59
Declaration of Independence, 2–3, 27, 47, 64, 93, 195
DeMille, Cecil B., 1, 7–8
democratic process, the, xxix, 91, 96
Department of Justice (DOJ), xxvii, xxviii, 52–54, 58–59, 70–71, 74, 141, 194, 205, 208, 217
Dewhurst, David, 131, 133, 135
Dickerson v. United States, 142
District of Columbia v. Heller, xxiv, xxix, 43–44, 50–55
Doe v. Bolton, 97–98
Douglas, William O., 98
Dred Scott v. Sanford, 96
Durbin, Dick, 115, 125, 160–61
E
Eastman, John, 64
EdChoice, 31
Eisenhower, Dwight, 201–4
Eldred v. Ashcroft, 46
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, 19
Employment Division v. Smith, 24
Engel v. Vitale, 3
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, 39–40
Establishment Clause, 2–3, 12, 17–18, 36
European Union (EU), 65
Evans, Don, 166
exclusionary rule, the, 139–40
F
Federal Election Commission (FEC), xxix, 111, 129–31, 167
federalism, xxv, 64, 73–74, 145, 205
Federalist Papers, xxiii, 48, 64, 113
Federalist Society, the, 29
Feingold, Russ, 123
Feinstein, Dianne, 56, 60, 224
Fifteenth Amendment, 189
Fifth Circuit, the, xx, 9–10, 22, 69, 153, 192, 211, 229
First Amendment, xxix, xxx, 1–2, 10, 22–23, 26, 40–41, 45–46, 50–51, 53, 112–13, 115–16, 118, 120, 122–25
First Liberty Institute, 21
First Step Act, the, 160–63
Ford, Christine Blasey, 99, 224
Ford, Gerald, xv, 118, 204, 206
Founding Fathers, xxiii, 4, 42, 64, 114
Fourteenth Amendment, 27, 50, 145, 174
Fourth Amendment, 45–46, 56, 139
Framers, xxiii, 1–2, 41–42, 44–49, 86, 97, 100, 113, 130, 159, 195, 197, 202
Francisco, Noel, 176, 229
Fraternal Order of Eagles, 7–8, 10–11
Free Exercise Clause, 2, 17
Frost, Martin, 187–88, 190
fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine, 141
Furman v. Georgia, 145–46, 152, 158–59
G
Garnett, Nicole, 29
Garnett, Rick, 29, 38
Gerry, Elbridge, 195
gerrymandering, 187–90, 194–96
Ginsburg, Ben, 167
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 38, 92, 159, 196, 200, 214
Glossip v. Gross, 158–59
Godfrey, Lee, 191
Goldberg, Arthur, 3
Gonzales v. Carhart, xxix, 104, 109
Gonzales, Alberto, 70, 219
Gore, Al, xxvii, xxx, 60, 166, 169–70, 172–73, 175–77, 180, 183, 197
Gorsuch, Neil, xxii, xxiii, 105, 221–22, 228–29
Gosnell, Kermit, 94–95, 102, 106
Grassley–Cruz legislation, 58–59
Grassley, Chuck, x, 58–59
grassroots, 128, 132
Greenhouse effect, the, 200–1, 208
Greenhouse, Linda, 176, 200
Greg test, the, 211
Gregg v. Georgia, 146, 158
Griswold v. Connecticut, 97
gun ownership rates, 57
H
habeas corpus challenge, 67–69, 147–48
Hamas, 88
Harding, Warren G., 7
Harris, Robert Alton, 148
Hazony, Yoram, 66
Heston, Charlton, 7–8
Higginbotham, Patrick, 192
Hill, Anita, 225
Hillary: The Movie, 111–12, 116
Hippocratic oath, 94
Ho, Jim, 22, 229
Houston, Texas, xxvii, 21, 31, 66, 169, 185, 190
Hutchison, Kay Bailey, 131, 133
I
International Court of Justice, 68. See also World Court
Iran nuclear deal, 80–84. See also Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Israeli Defense Force, 88
J
Jackson, Robert, 85–86
Jefferson, Thomas, 3, 42, 64, 93, 219
Jerusalem, Israel, 82–83, 89
Jessica’s Law, 151
Johnson, Abby, 93
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), 80, 84–87. See also Iran nuclear deal
Jones, Edith, 211–12, 214, 229
judicial activism, xxiv, xxv, xxxi, 2, 139, 146
judicial discretion, 160
June Medical Services v. Russo, 105–6
Juster, Kenneth, 178
K
Kagan, Elena, 78, 159, 221
Kennedy v. Louisiana, xxx, 151–54, 157
Kennedy, Anthony, 73, 77–78, 100–2, 105, 142, 153, 179, 200, 209–11, 214, 222, 228
Kennedy, John F., 8, 25, 97, 199, 212
Kennedy, Ted, xv, xxii, 24, 122–23, 209
Kerry, John, 79, 81, 89
Khamenei, Ali, 80, 82
killer Ds, the, 189
King Jr., Martin Luther, 5, 40, 76
King, Larry, 171
L
Lackey claim, 155, 157
Lackey v. Texas, 155
Lee, Mike, xviii, 95, 160, 223, 229
Lee, Rex, 223
Lincoln, Abraham, xvi, 4–5
Little Sisters of the Poor, the, 23–26
Lott, John, 57
Luna, Vilma, 190
Luttig, J. Michael, 148, 155–57, 167, 176, 185, 208, 215, 219, 229
Luttig, John, 155
Lynch v. Donnelly, 20
M
Madison, James, 64, 113, 219
Manchin, Joe, 33
Mapp v. Ohio, 140
Marbury v. Madison, 74, 219
Marshall, John, 74, 219
Mason, Perry, 172, 226
Mata, Luis, 147
Mattis, James, 83
Mayflower, the, 2
McCain–Feingold Act, 111–12
McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union, 12, 18
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, 131
McDonald v. City of Chicago, 54
Medellín v. Texas, xxix, 66–79, 85–86, 89
Medellín, José Ernesto, 66–69, 72–73
Meese, Ed, 141, 208
Mexico, xiii, 13, 57, 67–69, 189
Miers, Harriet, 70, 220
militia, 42, 44, 46–48
Militia Act of 1792, 47–48
Miranda v. Arizona, 140–43
Mojave Desert Memorial Cross, 20–22
moot, 15–16, 173, 175
N
NAACP v. Alabama, 117–18
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 45, 112, 116–18
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 82, 88–90
NFIB v. Sebelius, 216, 219, 254
Northam, Ralph, 106–9
Nuremburg, 85
O
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 12–13, 17, 20, 72, 100, 104, 179, 200, 207, 214, 220, 228
O’Dell, Joseph Roger (III), 148–50
O’Rourke, Robert “Beto”, 24–25, 60–61
Obama administration, 23, 25–26, 58, 79, 81, 221
Obamacare, xxi, 23–24, 81, 216–19, 222
Ohio Pilot Project Scholarship, 34–35
Olson, Barbara, 185–86
Olson, Ted, 168, 170, 173, 179
P
Panton, David, 37, 194
parental consent statutes, 102, 109
Parker v. District of Columbia, 50
partial-birth abortion, xiii, xvii, xxix, 102–5
Perez, Tom, 101
Perry, Rick, 131, 133, 189
Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 32
Pilgrims, 2, 6
Planned Parenthood, 93, 112
Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 100–5, 109
Pledge of Allegiance, 19–20
police, xxvii, 44–45, 55, 58, 139–41, 206
Pompeo, Mike, 88
Powell, Lewis, 204
PT-109, 212
Puritans, 2
R
rape, xxx, 148, 151–54, 160
Reagan, Ronald, xv, xxii, xxvii, 8, 71, 74, 80, 94, 100, 118, 168, 187, 204, 206–11, 221
Reconstruction, 187
redistricting, xxx, 19, 187–92, 195–97
Regents v. Bakke, 204
Rehnquist, William Hubbs, v, xxvi, xxvii, 15–17, 35, 72, 86, 97–98, 100, 142–45, 157, 175, 200, 204–5, 207–10, 214–15, 221
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 24–26
religious liberty, xviii, xxviii, 1–27, 41, 40, 205, 221–22
Rhodes, Ben, 81
Rice, Condoleezza, 70
Roberts, John, xxiii, 72, 78, 86, 105, 117, 131, 157, 167, 173, 196, 214–219, 221–22, 228–29
Roe v. Wade, xxiv, xxxi, 91–92, 96–101, 103–6, 109, 199, 204, 206, 224, 231
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 5, 7, 20, 85
Roosevelt, Theodore “Teddy,” 7
Ruegemer, E. J., 7–8, 20
Rust v. Sullivan, 215
S
Salazar v. Buono, 20–22
Sanders, Bernie, xxi, 01, 114, 118
Saturday Night Live (SNL), 118–19
Scalia, Antonin, ix, x, xi, xvii, xviii, 20, 37, 52–54, 100, 105, 114–142, 156, 159, 168, 176–77, 200, 207–10, 213–14, 220–23, 229
Schumer, Charles “Chuck,” xiii, 24, 56, 125
Second Amendment, the, xviii, xxiv, xxix, 41, 43–44, 46, 48–56, 61–62, 115, 134
segregation, xxiv, 205
Sekulow, Jay, 15–16
self-defense, xxix, 41–42, 54, 87–88
sentencing guidelines, 160
separation of powers, xxv, 64, 73
September 11, 2001, 185–86
Seven-Sky v. Holder, 222
sexual assault, 67, 225
Shackelford, Kelly, 21
Shapiro, Ilya, 78
single mothers, 32, 54, 218
Smith, Paul, 192
Sotomayor, Sonia, 159, 221
Souter, David, xxxi, 100, 179, 211–14, 220, 229
sovereignty, xxv, xxix, 63–67, 69–71, 73, 75, 77–79, 81, 83–85, 87–90, 145
Specter, Arlen, 75, 184–85
Spending Clause, 216
Stenberg v. Carhart, 103–4, 109
Stevens, John Paul, xxxi, 16, 61–62, 77–78, 142–43, 153, 155, 195, 206
Stone v. Graham, 17
Story, Joseph, 41, 48–49
Summers, Glen, 168
Super PAC Elimination Act, 130–31
Sutherland Springs shooting, 55, 58–59
T
Taft, Robert, 202
Taxing Clause, 216–17
teachers unions, 29, 59
Ten Commandments monuments, xxviii, 8–13, 17–18
Ten Commandments, the, xxviii, 7–13, 16–22, 118
Tenth Amendment, 46
Terwilliger, George, 170, 178
Texas Legislature, 151, 161, 186–88, 191, 196–97
Texas State Capitol, xviii, 8–9, 13
The Brethren, 213
Thiel, Peter, 132
Thomas, Clarence, 29, 36–38, 74, 99–100, 157, 159, 200, 209, 211, 214, 225
Thompson, John, 150
Tillerson, Rex, 83
transnational institution, 65, 79, 84, 88
Truman, Harry S, 8, 85, 204
Trump, Donald, xi, xii, xiii, xiv, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xx, xxii, 24, 33, 66, 82–84, 87–88, 111, 115, 118, 161–62, 176, 178, 195, 197, 221–23, 228
Turner v. Jabe, 157
Twitter, 121
Tzu, Sun, 12, 72
U
United Nations, the (UN), xxix, 63, 65–66, 68, 70, 72, 79, 84–86, 88, 90
Unplanned, 93
V
Van Orden v. Perry, xxviii, 7–18, 22, 52, 74, 153
veterans, 1, 13, 20–22, 192
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 67–69
Vinson, Fred, 202
violent crime, 34, 55, 57–58, 66, 155–56, 159–60, 162
Voting Rights Act, 189–190
W
Warren, Earl, xxxi, 139, 201–4
Washington, George, 4, 32, 200
We the People, xi, xxv, 42, 64–65, 197
White, Byron, 97, 199, 212–13
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 105
Willett, Don, 229
Wilson, Ron, 190–91
World Court, 63, 66, 68–73, 75, 77–79, 87–88, 90. See also International Court of Justice
World Trade Organization (WTO), 65
writ of certiorari, 10, 18, 175, 192
Z
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, xxviii, 35–36, 38–40
Zoellick, Bob, 184
Zorach v. Clauson, 3
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