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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Jun 2018

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Ted Cruz

      Hey, Ted Cruz linked to my article! (Appreciate the congrats!)https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1003848754703818752 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      Ted CruzVerified account @tedcruz
      Yet others (see https://bit.ly/2M0mf6e ) have focused on my criticisms of President Obama's abuse of executive power, suggesting that it is somehow hypocritical not to oppose Trump's assertion of executive power.
      Show this thread
      7 replies 2 retweets 90 likes
    2. David Ziff‏ @djsziff 4 Jun 2018
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      I love your work and I dislike Ted Cruz so I hate to say it, but I think he's right on this one. 🤬

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Jun 2018
      Replying to @djsziff

      Hmm. Would you agree that as a USA Senator, Cruz has a constitutional duty to check over-weening presidential power?

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    4. David Ziff‏ @djsziff 4 Jun 2018
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      Sure! But he does not have a duty to over-check proper (or permissible) weening. Not so easy as "broad vs narrow" if some exercises are okay while others are not.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Jun 2018
      Replying to @djsziff

      Trump's claim that a president can pardon himself certainly counts as an extraordinary assertion of power (even Nixon flinched from that). Shouldn't Cruz be expected to say something about that? Instead he says he'll avoid topic.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. David Ziff‏ @djsziff 4 Jun 2018
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      If anything, fact that Cruz wrote an article shows the issue is not appropriate for quick gut-level reaction!

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Jun 2018
      Replying to @djsziff

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Ted Cruz

      But Cruz isn't just saying he's not going to give gut-level reaction. His position is that he is not going to even study the issue at all (despite Trump taking a stand on it)https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1003848763109265408 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      Ted CruzVerified account @tedcruz
      As for me, I still haven't studied the issue at that level of detail, and I don't intend to -- because this is nothing more than an academic debate.
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    8. Regular Human Bartender‏ @AaronSundance 4 Jun 2018
      Replying to @HeerJeet @djsziff

      Regular Human Bartender Retweeted Ted Cruz

      I was actually fairly sympathetic to his defense up until he said this. This tweet might well be the most pure distillation of Ted Cruz I’ve ever seen.https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1003848763109265408 …

      Regular Human Bartender added,

      Ted CruzVerified account @tedcruz
      As for me, I still haven't studied the issue at that level of detail, and I don't intend to -- because this is nothing more than an academic debate.
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Jun 2018
      Replying to @AaronSundance @djsziff

      Exactly. It's an amazing thing for a President to say "I can pardon myself" and for a Senator to respond "I won't study that issue."

      11:16 PM - 4 Jun 2018
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        1. David Ziff‏ @djsziff 4 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @AaronSundance

          Agreed! That's a good attack. But that's not how I read your piece. I read it to say he could answer the question simply by relying on the reasoning in his prior article. I don't think that's right. Again, not saying he's not a hack. But your substantive claim is off, I think.

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