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What Obama did wrong with executive power is he tried to change the law. He tried to ignore the law. And under the Constitution, Article I, all legislative authority is vested in Congress.

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Ted Cruz
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: December 22
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President Obama fuels that perception. That will change when militants across the globe see that when you join ISIS that you are giving up your life, you are signing your death warrant.
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The great thing about America is you can live according to your faith. If you're faith says don't use birth control then you don't use it.
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On health care, your freedom to choose your own doctor, without Obamacare.
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I endeavor to shine a light on what's happening behind closed doors in the back-door deal making that so many Americans understand is going on but they don't quite understand how or why, but they know that our elected leaders are lying to us.
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