- Sen. Ted Cruz
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Press
Release on Endorsement of Mrs. Kayla Moore
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Alice Stewart |
News Release | Catherine Frazier |
February 27, 2016 |
Cruz for President Announces Endorsement of Mrs. Kayla Moore
Wife of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Supports Cruz
"Very rarely do I get involved in other political races,” Moore said. “However, our nation is at a crossroads. If we do not choose wisely, we may forever lose our country. Many will say anything to get elected, but we must look at what the candidates have done. In studying and watching those running in this race - one stands for the same values I believe in. One is a true defender of the Constitution. The next president will make many critical appointments and tough decisions with regard to the rule of law, the Supreme Court, and national security. Ted has been a consistent Constitutionalist and a faithful defender of life, marriage, and small government.”
"Ted is a patriot who has consistently defended the values that made America a 'shining city on a hill,'” Moore continued. “Before the Supreme Court of the United States, as Texas Solicitor General, and in the United States Senate, Ted has not only led the fight against amnesty and Obamacare, but has championed our Second Amendment rights, the Ten Commandments, and our veterans. In a moment when the future of our nation hangs in the balance, I am honored to endorse Ted Cruz for President of the United States."
Kayla is married to Roy Moore, the current Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. In 2003 Chief Justice Moore was removed from his position by a judicial panel for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument he had installed in the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building. In 2012, the people of Alabama re-elected Moore as Chief Justice.
“Kayla is a veteran of the struggle for religious liberty,” said Cruz. “As the wife of Chief Justice Roy Moore, Kayla played a key role during Alabama’s battle with the ACLU over the right to publicly acknowledge God. She knows that law does not grant rights: it simply protects the unalienable human rights given to each of us by God. I am honored to have her support.”
Since January 2013, Kayla has served as president of the Foundation for Moral Law. Kayla served key roles in Judge Moore’s campaigns for District Attorney, Circuit Judge, Chief Justice, and Governor. She is a past small business owner. The Moore's have four children and three granddaughters and attend First Baptist Church in Gallant, Alabama.
Titles and affiliations of Mrs. Moore and Chief Justice Moore are provided for identification purposes only.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Alice Stewart |
News Release | Catherine Frazier |
February 29, 2016 |
In Case You
Missed It…
Kayla Moore, wife of Chief Justice Moore: I Trust Ted Cruz to Pick the Next Supreme Court Justice
HOUSTON, Texas
– Mrs. Kayla Moore, wife of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, penned an
op-ed in support of Ted Cruz as the candidate we can trust to nominate
justices who are faithful to the Constitution. See excerpts below and
the full op-ed here.
AL.com
I Trust Ted Cruz to Pick the Next
Supreme Court Justice
Kayla Moore
Very
rarely
do I get involved in other political races, but right now
our nation is at a crossroads. If we do not choose wisely, we may
forever lose our country. Many will say anything to get elected,
but we
must look at what the candidates have done. In studying and watching
those running in this race - one stands for the same values I believe
in. One is a true defender of the Constitution. The next president
will
make many critical appointments and tough decisions with regard to the
rule of law, the Supreme Court, and national security. Ted
has been a
consistent Constitutionalist and a faithful defender of life, marriage,
and small government.
….
Choosing justices who stay faithful to the supremacy of the
Constitution and who refuse to create new law should not be a
partisan
issue.
However, unable to win the ballot box, Democrats have mastered an
unconstitutional game: nominating activist judges who
legislate liberal
policies from the bench. Unfortunately, Republicans have often failed
to stop them and have sometimes joined in their nomination.
With Justice Scalia's tragic passing, the next president will likely
replace three, maybe four justices. With the number of 5-4 decisions –
in favor of free speech, the Second Amendment, the Ten Commandments,
and religious liberty – just one justice could tip the fundamental
trajectory of our constitutional rights and society. Conservatives
cannot afford to lose the presidential election, but neither can we
afford to nominate justices who will betray our constitutional
principles. Ted Cruz is the candidate to ensure we win back both the
presidency and the courts.
Republicans have picked 12 out of the last 16 Supreme Court Justices –
but what do we have to show for it? Lawless decisions affirming
abortion, striking down state marriage laws, protecting race-based
affirmative action, and upholding Obamacare's unconstitutional
overreach. The deciding votes for these liberal opinions have
been none
other than Republican appointed justices.
….
Ted Cruz is the one candidate in the GOP race who we can trust to break
this miserable track record. Cruz knows our Constitution, our legal
system, and the Supreme Court better than any conservative who has run
for president. After clerking for Justice William Rehnquist, Cruz
became one of the greatest and most successful Supreme Court
advocates
in recent history -- writing over 70 briefs as Solicitor General and
arguing 9 times before the Court. He has protected the Ten Commandment
monument on the state Capitol grounds in Texas, has joined with 31
states in defending the Second Amendment, has protected U.S.
sovereignty against the U.N. in the Medellin v. Texas, and he has
kept the crosses standing at the Mojave Desert veterans' memorial.
….
Any Republican nominee for the Supreme Court will have an uphill
battle, but Ted Cruz is a proven fighter. And from the fight against
Obamacare to the battle against amnesty, from the charge against
Planned Parenthood funding to the struggle against the catastrophic
Iranian nuclear deal, Cruz has shown he is not afraid to fight just as
hard for conservative principles as the Democrats do for liberal
policies. When he nominates true constitutionalist judges, he will see
them through the Senate and onto the Court. And the legacy of just one
justice – as we know so well, especially while still mourning the loss
of Justice Scalia – can keep this nation more free for our children and
grandchildren.
I trust Ted Cruz - a man of character and a proven leader - to not only
fight for our values in Washington but, to appoint Supreme Court
nominees who will stand by our principles and be faithful to the
Constitution - the “supreme law of the land.” Join me in voting
for
Ted Cruz on Tuesday.
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