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class="cell w-8 main_column"> <article class="last"> <header> <h1>Court Decisions Give Cruz New Ammo for Old Targets</h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150701033226/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/" rel="author">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:55:41 -0500" title="2015-06-28 08:55"> June 28, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150701033226/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/court-decisions-give-cruz-new-ammo-old-targets/comments/"><span class="value">48</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <aside> <ul class="social_links"> <li class="comment"> <a href="/web/20150701033226/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/court-decisions-give-cruz-new-ammo-old-targets/comments/" title=""> <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> <span>Comment</span> </a> </li> <li class="republish"> <a 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The 2016 presidential candidate visited the early-vote state Friday.</div> </div> <p><sub>Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout. </sub></p> <p>PIERSON, Iowa — As he <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701033226/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/24/hitting-washington-cartel-cruz-conjures-new-foil/" target="_blank">redoubles</a> his anti-Washington crusade on the presidential campaign trail, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701033226/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/" target="_blank">Ted Cruz </a>is receiving an assist from an unlikely source: the high court he used to argue before.</p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;">With its back-to-back rulings this week upholding a key part of the Affordable Care Act and legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states, the United States Supreme Court delivered a one-two punch of conservative defeats with deep implications for a GOP intent on taking the White House back in 2016.</span> </p> <p>But the decisions also gave Cruz, the former solicitor general of Texas, fresh ammo for two of his favorite targets: judicial activism and weak-kneed Republicans. The renewed offensive came full circle on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1407059555"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>, when he delivered a blistering attack on the Supreme Court, accusing it of being a part of a bipartisan "Washington cartel" hellbent on accumulating power.</p> <p>"This week's assault was but the latest in a long line of judicial assaults on our Constitution and the commonsense values, the Judeo-Christian values, that have made America great," said Cruz, who later declared that the court's "hubris and thirst for power have reached unprecedented levels."</p><div class="ad_container ad_container--adify"> <div class="ad adunit mobile tablet standard" data-adunit="TexasTribune_Content_StoryPage_InsideStory_468x60"> </div> </div> <p>In content and style, the hourlong speech at Drake University in Des Moines, titled "Believe Again," was Cruz's most notable as a presidential candidate, and his campaign had billed it as "landmark." But it also doubled as a platform to consummate his <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701033226/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-a-tepid-start-ted-cruz-plans-to-play-hard-in-iowa/2015/06/26/002af622-1854-11e5-bd7f-4611a60dd8e5_story.html" target="_blank">renewed commitment</a> to Iowa with an eye on its evangelical vote. </p> <p>Cruz did not waste time taking aim at either the court or fellow Republicans as he stumped a day earlier across northwestern Iowa, a conservative stronghold where locals solemnly nodded along as the senator declared that the "last 24 hours at the Supreme Court were among the darkest in the history of our nation." </p> <p>"More than a few Republicans issued slightly condemning statements, but were quietly thrilled, relieved, celebrating and popping champagne because they're afraid to defend marriage," Cruz said during a stop in Pierson. "They don't want to have to talk about it anymore."</p> <p>"Several 2016 candidates today put out statements saying, 'The matter is decided. It's the law of the land. It's time to move on,'" Cruz continued. "We are in a very strange place when Republican presidential candidates are echoing Barack Obama's talking points."</p> <p>The broadside, repeated several times Friday by Cruz in reference to the two recent rulings, implied a contrast with more moderate Republicans such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who reacted to the decisions with a less heavy dose of defiance.</p> <p>U.S. Rep. Steve King, a firebrand conservative who represents northwest Iowa, agreed with Cruz that now is not the time for the GOP to wind down its battles against the Affordable Care Act and gay marriage. </p> <p>"We can't just sack up our bats and go home because the Supreme Court overreached," King told reporters while waiting for Cruz in Pierson. "We're going to have to crack them in the knuckles instead."</p> <p>Cruz was already doing that earlier Friday during a stop in Sheldon<span class="s1">, Iowa, declaring that the court has "thrown its very legitimacy into question" with the two recent rulings. 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