Virginia is for Loving Liberal Policy, Tariffs on Trial at SCOTUS & Save America Act heads to the Senate Week In Review

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pay attention. Democrats are ready and inspired, but they are working at light speed to enact their radical agenda. You could also argue that they've learned this from Donald Trump. Donald Trump came in rocking and rolling day one into this second term. He learned a lot from his first term. He learned about how fast you can get things done if you're prepared. And now Democrats seem to be doing that with their radical agenda. And Virginia, what they're already doing there, it is a warning for the midterms what can happen if Democrats get power. Well, and look, understand that there is no such thing as a moderate Democrat anymore. No, they're dead. Abigail Spanberger, like, ran claiming to be a moderate. And only the most gullible believed her. All of the Democrats, they've been radicalized. This is a party that is driven by the open border, abolish police, transgender zealots. So what has she done in her first few days? Well. One of the very first things she did is she cut ties with ice in federal immigration enforcement, which means if Virginia has a criminal illegal alien, if Virginia has an illegal alien, who's a murderer? Or a rapist. Or a child molester. They will let them go. And even though they're illegal alien, Virginia is now going to refuse to cooperate with the ICE, refuse to hand murderers over to ICE. And instead, what Abigail Spanberger is saying is the people of Virginia would rather that the murderers be released into their communities and prey on their children. She's also quite dramatically. This week signed a redistricting bill that is nothing short of radical. And unfortunately... So let's do the math. Virginia has 11 congressional seats. Right now, the current delegation is six Democrats, five Republicans. Virginia just had a takeover of Democrats of the state legislature and the governor's mansion. They redrew the map, and they went from six Democrats and five Republicans to a map that is designed to produce 10 Democrats and one Republican. Now, what does the math mean? So, Virginia is a pretty, it's a blue to purple state. In 2024, 47% of the state voted for Donald Trump. So Kamala Harris won Virginia, but 53-47. It was a very close, close race. The 47% of Virginians who voted for Trump, they are now going to get 9% of the congressional representation in the state. Wow. How about the 52% of Virginia who voted for Harris? You know how much they get? How much? 91%. There you go. 52% of the state, the Democrats, get 91% of the congressional representation. Now, on Twitter, you can hear the lefties saying, ah, but Texas did it. This is all about Texas. Okay, let's look at the math. Texas?

56% of Texans voted for Donald Trump. In the new map that Texas drew, that 56 will get 79% of the seat. So look, it is drawn to favor the party in power. But it is not remotely as brazen. By the way, California, their new map also is designed to give the Democrats more than 90% of the congressional delegation. And you know what? The northeast is even worse. You look at states like Maine, states like New Hampshire, states like Vermont, states like Rhode Island, states like Connecticut, states like Massachusetts, Massachusetts. Do you know how many Republican members of Congress are elected Massachusetts? I want to say it's one or zero. Zero. All of New England. All of New England. They're just like Republicans don't exist. We will erase you. Yeah. And by the way, what happens with this? Is this going to be a back and forth tit for tat when you see this type of egregious? So then other states are going to have to counter it. Is that just how we're going to go? So there was a left-wing Democrat. I responded to this and I tweeted out a brazen abuse of power and an insult to democracy. And I went through the numbers you just talked about. And this left-wing Democrat state senator came back who I'd never heard of and actually didn't even know about this until someone of my staff told me about it. But she responded by saying, you all started it and we effing finished it. And by the way, she did not abbreviate effing. No. So she's a charming and lovely person, clearly. Yes. And, you know, there's something richly ironic about it because every Democrat loves to preen. about how much they love democracy. And yet... It's quite evident that they don't care at all about democracy. What they care about is keeping Democrats in power. That is practically the only thing they care about. I want you to listen to Abigail Spanberger talking about gerrymandering what she thinks about it. Give a listen. Because Republicans have to depend on redistricting and stealing votes and taking seats like they did in North Carolina in order to actually be able to win elections. So we're just going to steal them right back, by golly, right? There's your liberal logic 101. But it is also the degree it is far more brazen. As I mentioned, Texas, 56% of the state voted for Donald Trump. The new map, if Republicans win in the seats that were drawn, the new map will produce 79% of the congressional delegation to be a Republican. That is a difference of 23%. So that's an additional 23%. What did Virginia do? They went from 52% voting for Kamala Harris.

to getting 91%. That is 39 points higher. That is a massive and it's a grotesque gerrymander. And by the way, I'm quite confident if they could have drawn at 11-0, they would have. You know, there are five districts that slice through Northern Virginia to get all the liberals that work in the federal government. And they basically like take a slice of liberals from Northern Virginia and then stick it. with rural Virginia is to rob the votes of the rest of the state that is redder. Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, you can go back and listen to the full podcast from earlier this week. I want you to imagine standing exactly where the disciples stood, where prophets spoke, where the resurrection changed the course of human history, not reading about it, not watching a documentary, being there, breathing the air, feeling the ground beneath your feet. Israel transforms faith from something you carry in your heart into something you can touch with your hands. The Sea of Galilee, the Mount of Olives, the ancient streets of Jerusalem. Every step is scripture coming to life. Every site is a verse you will never read the same way again. For believers, there's no place like this on earth. I am, Israel. Come experience the journey your faith was made for. Start planning your trip. today follow visit israel on social media that's visit israel on facebook and instagram got plans this summer a brewery crawl another lake trip the same festival you've been to three times already do something different this august virginia international raceway becomes the ultimate summer destination Watch Inns's Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, August 21 through 23rd, bring some of the fastest sports cars to battle through VIR's legendary corners. Camp with friends, enjoy live music, and experience a weekend you'll actually be talking about afterward. Start planning now at govIR.net. Vital doesn't always mean visible. Across America, advanced technology is working behind the scenes, strengthening our nation. It protects our war fighters, delivers mission-ready intelligence, advances life-saving healthcare, and defends the critical infrastructure that keeps our country moving. At GDIT, we power the systems that help America operate, connect, and stay secure. Every hour, every mission, every day. GDIT, behind America's invisible advantage. The headlines, they move on, but the heartache and the terror, they do not. Iran and its terrorist proxies are continuing to target Israel. Hezbollah continues its attacks in the north, forcing families to live under constant threat. But Israel is not only defending her people, she is standing on the front lines against terror that threatens us all.

Even when the news crews leave, the international fellowship of Christians and Jews, they remain. Every day, they are on the ground, providing life-saving aid. Now, near Israel's border with Lebanon, a Hezbollah drone recently struck the home of Yelina, widowed earlier this year, and living alone, she was trapped inside by the blast. Thankfully, she was not injured, but she remained displaced. It's hard these days, she says, but I don't want to leave. Well, as Christians, we are called to stand with God's people and pray for those defending Israel and protecting the freedoms we hold dear. I want you to join the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in praying for the peace of Jerusalem. And for the soldiers, families, and civilians carrying the burden of this fight right now, visit pray-IFCJ.org. That's pray-IFcj.org. Now on to story number two. There's also an added benefit that we've seen and there was a lot of people that were skeptical that were nervous and that is how much money we've collected through these tariffs. That has been also, I think, one of those like X factors of this as well because as the president was playing this high stakes game of chicken in essence and we keep winning, we were also collecting an awful lot of money. That was one of the upsides of this as well. unquestionably, $133 billion has come in already. And let's do a little bit of a breakdown of the oral argument. So if the oral argument, John Sauer, who is the U.S. Solicitor General, he argued for the United States. Neil Katchall argued for the plaintiffs, the small businesses. Now, I know Neil very well. Neil was Solicitor General under Obama. Neil clerked at the Supreme Court at the same time I did. So when I was clerking for Chief Justice Rehnquist, Neil was clerking for Stephen Breyer. So we're friends. We've known each other a long time. In fact, in 2000, during the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, I was part of the litigation team representing Bush and Bush versus Gore. Neil was part of the litigation team representing Al Gore. And we're buddies, we're friends. So we would call each other late at night and be like, what kind of ridiculous argument are you making? This is stupid. I can't believe you're saying this. And it's a little bit just friends giving each other a hard time. And we actually had a wager, Neil and I did on the outcome. I said, look, Bush is going to prevail. We're going to win. He said, no, Gore's going to prevail. Well, obviously, I won that wager. And the wager was dinner. And so Neil had to take me out to dinner, but you're going to like this, Ben. Do you know what Neil did to sort of exact his revenge as he was paying off the wager? I cannot wait to hear this. He took me to a vegetarian restaurant.

Yeah, if you've ever had dinner with you, that's like taking me to a vegetarian restaurant. That's like the worst decision ever. So what did you even order? I don't remember. I have vegetables because they didn't have any meat. I'm a carnivore, but I kind of laughed. I was like, all right, Neil, well played. Okay, so Neil is a very experienced, very capable Supreme Court lawyer. So is John Sauer. So you had two excellent advocates going at it. Let's take Chief John Roberts. Chief John Roberts repeatedly tried to reframe the case away from foreign affairs and towards taxation of Americans. So, for example, Chief John Roberts asked, he said, tariffs and dealings with foreign powers, yes, but the vehicle is the imposition of taxes on Americans, and that has always been the core power of Congress. And John Sauer tried to press back on behalf of the Trump administration. And John Roberts responded, well, who pays the tariff? If a tariff is imposed on automobiles, who pays them? And the answers I said before is consumers pay some of them and the foreign producer pays some of them. John Roberts went on and he highlighted the structural collision between the executive foreign affairs power and Congress's taxing authority. Robert said, quote, to have the president's foreign affairs power, Trump, that basic power of Congress, seems to me at least to neutralize between the two powers, the executive power and the legislative power. And then he said, yes, of course, tariffs and dealings with foreign powers, but the vehicle is the imposition of taxes on Americans. Elena Kagan. So Elena Kagan is the smartest of the liberal justices on the court. By far, I know Elena Kagan well. She was the dean of the Harvard Law School. She was the U.S. Solicitor General also, and she's a very, very smart liberal lawyer and judge. What Elena Kagan tried to do is frame this all within the non-delegation doctrine. So Elena Kagan said about the taxing power. She said, quote, but not with respect to tariffs, not with respect to quintessential taxing powers, which are given by the Constitution, to Congress. And she framed the case through the delegation doctrine, saying, quote, in consumers' research just last year, which is a case the Supreme Court just decided, we had a tax before us. If there's no ceiling on this tax, we sort of assumed if there was no ceiling, it would raise a delegation power problem. And then she applied that logic to AIPA. She said, how does your argument fit with the idea that attacks with no ceiling, a tax that can be anything the president wants, would raise a pretty deep delegation problem? And she rejected the government's argument to relabel tariffs. She said, no, not with respect to tariffs, not with respect to quintessential taxing powers. Now, understand what Elena Kagan is doing. The non-delegation doctrine is a very important constitutional limitation on Congress giving too much power to the executive. It is also something conservatives care a great deal about. I think Elena Kagan, Elena Kagan, the three liberals are going to vote against Trump, no matter what, in any circumstance. So Elena Kagan is a no. But she's trying in a very savvy way to argue it.

in a way that will appeal to Justice Gorsuch, Chief John Roberts, or Amy Coney Barrett. She's trying to frame it in terms of conservative principles. Now, Justice Gorsuch, if you look at his questions, his questions showed a significant degree of skepticism. to the administration's position. And in particular, focusing on the major questions doctrine. Again, the major's questions doctrine is a big conservative principle that limits the power of the executive branch. It's really important. So Gorsuch asked, what is the limiting principle here? And he asked further, if regulate importation, includes tariffs, what stops the president from imposing them for any asserted foreign threat? He asked some hypotheticals. He said, could the president impose massive tariffs to address something like climate change if that's deemed a foreign threat? It's actually a good question. And he pressed further. He said, once you accept that premise, it's hard to see what's left of the limitation. Amy Coney Barrett, she went on to say, Congress knows how to grant tariff authority explicitly. Why isn't clearer language required if Congress meant to confer that power? And she pressed the U.S. Solicitor General. She said, if regulate imports includes tariffs of any size, what work is left for the rest of the statute to do? Where do we find the limiting principle? in the statute itself. So, look, in terms of the questioning, John Roberts appeared skeptical, Gorsuch appeared skeptical, and Amy Coney Barrett appeared skeptical. So on the conservative side, the justice that seemed most receptive was Brett Kavanaugh. And Brett Kavanaugh said, the court has historically been very comfortable. with very broad delegations in the foreign affairs context. So he framed it in terms of, look, the president has enormous flexibility when it comes to foreign affairs. Brett Kavanaugh said in one of his opinions that the non-delegation concerns have less force where Congress is empowering the president in foreign affairs. And Brett Kavanaugh focused on the historical practice, said there's a long tradition. of broad delegations over foreign commerce going back to the founding. And he engaged the Solicitor General seriously. He said, that's consistent with cases like Chicago and Southern Airlines and Curtis Wright. I think Brett Kavanaugh is going to be a likely vote to uphold the tariff authority. And so that argument was significant. Now, Clarence Thomas. Clarence Thomas historically asked very few questions. That was true here. But his questions were focused on history and the original understanding of the Constitution. So Clarence Thomas asked, historically, weren't tariffs one of the primary ways Congress regulated foreign commerce? And he went back to that. He said at the founding, there was a sharp distinction. Was there a sharp distinction?

is going to lead him to say, these tariffs have been imposed. They've been the heart of the president's foreign policy and economic policy. And so we're not going to set them aside. That is my prediction. And you will end up with a majority that consists of Chief John Roberts writing the majority opinion. Thomas and Samuel Alito. and Brett Kavanaugh and either Amy Coney Barrett or Gorsuch, and the dissenters will be the three liberals and either Amy Coney Barrett or Gorsuch. That's my prediction. We'll see what happens. As before, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation on this topic, you can go back and download the podcast from early this week to hear the entire thing. There are moments in life that divide everything into before and after. Walking into the Garden of Gassimony is one of them. Standing at the Jim Jordan River where Jesus was baptized is another. Watching the sun rise over Jerusalem, gold light spilling across the stones that have witnessed the entire story of faith is something you never forget. Israel isn't a destination. It's a revelation where every site you've studied. Every scripture you've memorized. Every sermon that ever moved you suddenly has an address, a landscape, a heartbeat. This is the trip that changes not just how you see the Holy Land, but how you see everything. I am, Israel. Come experience a journey your faith was literally made for. Start planning your trip today. Follow. Visit Israel on social media. That's Visit Israel on Facebook and Instagram. Got plans this summer? A brewery crawl? Another lake trip? The same festival you've been to three times already? Do something different. This August, Virginia International Raceway becomes the ultimate summer destination. Watch Inns' Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, August 21 through 23rd, bring some of the fastest sports cars to battle through VIR's legendary corners. Camp with friends, enjoy live music, and experience a weekend you'll actually be talking about afterward. Start planning now at govIR.net. Vital doesn't always mean visible. Across America, advanced technology is working behind the scenes, strengthening our nation. It protects our warfighters, advances life-saving health care, combats cyber threats, and defends the critical infrastructure that keeps our country moving. At GDIT, we power the systems that help America operate, connect, and stay secure. Every hour, every mission, every day. GDIT, behind America's invisible advantage. The headlines, they move on, but the heartache and the terror, they do not. Iran and its terrorist proxies are continuing to target Israel. Hezbollah continues its attacks in the north, forcing families to live under constant threat. But Israel is not only defending her people, she is standing on the front lines against terror that threatens us all.

Even when the news crews leave, the international fellowship of Christians and Jews, they remain. Every day, they are on the ground, providing life-saving aid. Now, near Israel's border with Lebanon, a Hezbollah drone recently struck the home of Yelina, widowed earlier this year, and living alone, she was trapped inside by the blast. Thankfully, she was not injured, but she remained displaced. It's hard these days, she says, but I don't want to leave. Well, as Christians, we are called to stand with God's people and pray for those defending Israel and protecting the freedoms we hold dear. I want you to join the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in praying for the peace of Jerusalem. And for the soldiers, families, and civilians carrying the burden of this fight right now, visit pray-IFCJ.org. That's pray-IFcj.org. I want to get back to the big story number three of the week you may have missed. Senator, let's talk about a big piece of legislation that a lot of people are very focused on this country. A lot of voters voted on this issue specifically. And it deals with the Save America Act. And what has happened this week? Let's give an update to that. Well, the House of Representatives passed the Save America Act, passed it with only one Democrat vote. Every Democrat but one voted against it. The Save America Act requires proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, and it requires a photo ID to vote. It's a very simple, straightforward common sense bill. It's now gone over to the Senate. I am leading the charge, pressing hard to get the Senate to take it up, to use every procedural tool we have to force the Senate to vote on it and pass it. This week I put out a video explaining the issues concisely, and the video went viral. It has over a million views. Give a listen. Give a watch. The House just passed the Save America Act. The Senate needs to take it up and pass it. I'm an original sponsor of the Save America Act. This is common sense legislation. This is legislation that requires proof that you're an American citizen in order to register to vote. and it requires a photo ID to go in and vote. Texas already requires a photo ID. It's an easy, common sense step to avoid voter fraud. The vast majority of Americans support photo ID, and yet Senate Democrats are doing everything they can to block it because they want more voter fraud. How do we take it up and pass it in the Senate? What I am urging my colleagues is that we should use every procedural tool we have to defeat a Democrat filibuster. And in particular, we should nuke what's called the zombie filibuster. Under the Senate rules, everyone has a right to filibuster to talk as long as they want. We should require them to talk as long as they can. Go back to an old style talking filibuster.

Like Jimmy Stewart did, and Mr. Smith goes to Washington, like I did in 2013 for 21 hours on the floor of the Senate, we should use the procedural rules to force the Democrats to do a talking filibuster and force them to keep talking and talking and when they can't talk anymore, then we should pass the Save America Act. That's what I'm urging my colleagues to do. It's what President Trump wants us to do, and it's what I hope and pray we accomplish. Senator, you said it, I think, perfectly there and explain a little bit more about what it would mean to nuke the zombie filibuster so that we get more context for that so people understand, in essence, what they would be advocating for. Well, for most of the history of the Senate, the filibuster involved talking, involves standing up and talking and talking and talking and in recent decades, the Senate is allowed simply whoever is filibustering to say, we're going to filibuster, you cast a procedural vote, and then you're done, and it's treated as blocked. But we don't have to do that. We can force them that there is what's called a two-speech rule in the Senate that list. limits every member of the Senate to two speeches on any legislative topic. And what I've been advocating and Mike Lee has been advocating and Rick Scott has been advocating and Ron Johnson has been advocating is that we force them to give the speeches, force them to talk. And when they're done talking, then you can vote on it. But the thing is, there's a price to that. because they can fight back, and in particular they can do what's called suggest the absence of a quorum. That means we have to be able to produce 50 senators on the floor. They're 53 of us. That means we need 50 bodies. It would entail very long hours. It would entail all-nighters. It would entail 50 of us being willing to stand together. It's not clear right now that we have 50 Republicans willing to do that. I'm trying to make the case. This is a fight worth fighting. But it would be a massive and extended. This could extend days or even weeks. But I think we should be fighting with everything we got. I think this issue is important enough. It merits fighting. And so I'm trying to make that case to my colleagues. All right, let me ask you a question. If you nuke it the way that you described it, is it just for this one issue and then things go back to the regular order of business, how it works normal now? Or would that change it moving forward? Explain that. So this is different from nuking the filibuster. So nuking the filibuster, that phrase involves... breaking the Senate rules to change the Senate rules. So what happens? And we saw, for example, the Democrats nuked the filibuster for cabinet appointees and judicial appointees. And the way they did it, the Senate rules made it clear in the terms of the Senate rules that a nomination required 60 votes to go forward to proceed to it. However,

What happened was Harry Reid, when he was majority leader, any ruling of the chair can be challenged on the floor of the Senate and 51 senators can overrule the ruling of the chair. And so Harry Reid inquired of the chair, what is the ruled and was told the rule is 60 senators? And then he said, I appeal the ruling of the chair. And the Democrats all voted party line. And when they did that, that becomes a binding precedent. So they broke the rules of the Senate to change the rules of the Senate. It is still in the Senate rules that a filibuster can be used to stop legislation. And I will say, we have used that. Republicans have used that to stop terrible legislation from the Democrats. I think that's an important safeguard. So it is valuable is the point that people need to also understand. It's very valuable. If the Democrats had succeeded in nuking the filibuster when Joe Biden was president and when they had the House and Senate, they would have passed legislation, number one, striking down every photo ID law in the country and striking down every election integrity law in the country. Number two, making D.C. and Puerto Rico both states and electing four new Democrat senators. Number three, making every illegal alien in America a U.S. citizen and giving them immediate voting rights, which would have... Among other things, turned Texas bright blue instantaneously. And number four, they would have packed the U.S. Supreme Court and added four left-wing justices immediately to it. I think that would have been, I don't want to be hyperbolic, but I think that would have been essentially the end of the republic. There's no way to turn that around if they do that. And so. Yeah, how do you put that back in Pandora's, like once that box is open, it's game over? It's that agenda. Notice the Democrats' top policy agenda. is all to rig the game and make it impossible to ever defeat Democrats again. There's nothing they value more than staying in power. That's what they wanted to do. This is not nuking the filibuster in terms of changing the Senate rules. This is using the existing Senate rules and just enforcing them, making them stand up and speak. And one of the advantages of it is if they're standing up and speaking for hours and hours on end trying to stop. requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, trying to stop photo ID. Look, both of those policies are incredibly popular. 70, 80% of Americans agree with photo ID for voting. More than 70% of African Americans agree with it. More than 70% of Hispanics agree with it. More than 70% of Democrat voters agree with it. And so this is a fight we should be having, and I'm urging my colleagues. Let's stand and fight for voter integrity. As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. Don't forget to download my podcast, and you can listen to my podcast. Every other day, you're not listening to Verdict or each day when you listen to verdict afterwards. I'd love to have you as a listener to, again, the Ben Ferguson podcast, and we will see you back here on Monday morning. Got plans this summer? A brewery crawl? Another lake trip? The same festival you've been to three times already? Do something different. This August, Virginia International Raceway becomes the ultimate summer destination. Watch Inns' Michelin GT Challenge at VIR. August 21 through 23rd brings some of the fastest sports cars to battle through VIR's legendary corners. Camp with friends. Enjoy live music and experience a weekend you'll actually be talking about afterward.

Start planning now at govir.net. Vital doesn't always mean visible. Across America, advanced technology is working behind the scenes, strengthening our nation. It protects our war fighters, delivers mission-ready intelligence, advances life-saving healthcare, and defends the critical infrastructure that keeps our country moving. At GDIT, we power the systems that help America operate, connect, and stay secure. Every hour, every mission, every day. GDIT, behind America's invisible advantage. The future won't wait, and neither should you. That's why American Public University offers master's programs designed for momentum, affordable, high quality, and flexible so you keep moving forward. With career-relevant programs in business, health care, education, IT, and more, you can gain skills you can use right away and the confidence to power your next move. American Public University, made for what's next. Learn more at APU.apus.edu. If you're someone who's tracking your sleep, your steps, and your macros, then you already know that what you eat is kind of everything. You should also know that Sprouts Farmer's Market can help make eating for longevity easier. Sprouts has all the high-quality, nutrient-dense, organic foods and cutting-edge supplements you need. So whether you're focused on protein, gut health, or optimizing how you feel day-to-day, it's all there. And here's what no other grocery store can offer, an in-store wellness expert to help you find exactly what you need. So whether you're after longevity or on any other health journey, it's easier at Sprout's Farmer's Market.