Ted Cruz, while controversial, is considered by many to possess a brilliant legal mind. A graduate of Princeton University cum laude, Cruz also graduated Harvard Law School magna cum laude, was editor of Harvard Law Review. Referring to Cruz — the student — Professor Alan Dershowitz said, “Cruz was off-the-charts brilliant.”  Cruz was the first Hispanic to clerk for a Chief Justice of the United States. Cruz has authored more than 80 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and argued 43 oral arguments, including nine before the U.S. Supreme Court.

POLITICO
by Ted Cruz
June 29, 2015

I was standing behind the chief justice [Bill Rehnquist] of the United States and sitting right next to him was the court’s first female justice, Sandra Day O’Connor. We were in front of a large computer screen gazing at explicit, hard-core pornography. As we examined the screen before us, I remember very distinctly what the 65-year-old O’Connor said. Before I finish that story, maybe I should start from the top….With his [Bill Rehnquist’s] first question, I knew that my recommendation strategy had paid off. “You know, I’ve got two recommendations here from Charles Fried and Alan Dershowitz,” he said, in his deep, gentle voice. Rehnquist knew as well as anyone how diametrically opposed the two men were. He had a slight grin. “So, I wonder, how on earth is that possible?” READ MORE