by Ted Cruz
marriage, 52, 65, 104, 172, 326–27
Martí, José, 6
Matanzas, 6–8, 14
Matthews, Chris, 236
Medellín, José Ernesto, 160–61, 167
Medellín v. Texas, 159–68, 296
Medicaid, 143
Meese, Ed, 88, 100
Meet the Press, 223–25
Meltzer, Daniel, 79
Menendez, Bob, 299
Michigan, University of, 168
Middle East, 234, 287, 298, 301–4
Miers, Harriet, 139–40, 181
Medellín case and, 159, 162
military, U.S., 7, 110, 241, 297–98
government shutdown and, 278–79
and promise of America, 323–24, 328
sexual assault and harassment in, 53–56
Miller, Arthur, 76
Mitchell, Andrea, 223–25, 227
Moghadam, Hassan Tehrani, 293
Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial, 183
Moncada army garrison, 11–13
Morales, Dan, 144
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, 180–82, 184, 208–9
Muris, Tim, 124–25, 130
Muslim Brotherhood, 287, 289
National Council of La Raza, 308
national debt, x–xxvii, 181, 197, 220–25, 274–75
defaulting and, xvii–xviii, 224–25
Perot and, 220–22
and promise of America, 324
unanimous consent deal on, xiii–xvi, xviii, xxvi
National Defense Authorization Act, 297–98
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 278–80
National Labor Relations Board, 182, 311
National Law Journal, 184
National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), 228
National Review, xiv
National Rifle Association (NRA), 101, 206, 313
National Security Council (NSC), 161, 178
Navy, U.S., 38, 53, 188, 289, 298
Nazis, 96–97, 323
NBA Finals, 82–83, 86
NBC, 99–100, 220n, 223, 314
News Hour with Jim Lehrer, The, 168
New York, 54, 175, 223, 251, 286, 293, 295–96, 300–301
New York Times, 65, 186, 267, 314, 316
9/11 terrorist attacks, 129, 233, 241
Nixon, Richard, 84, 112, 175, 309
presidential campaign of, 329
resignation of, 136–39
Watergate scandal and, 135–37, 139
Northwest Academy, 45, 47, 49
Obama, Barack, 20–21, 28, 39, 55, 62n, 166–67, 223, 239, 288, 304–12
Benghazi attack and, 289–90
campaign financing and, 315
Constitution and, 305–6, 310–12, 314, 317, 326, 340
Cruz’s father’s speeches and, 192–93
Cruz’s senatorial career and, 227, 229
Cuba and, 4
drones and, 244–45
Egypt and, 289–90
Fort Hood shooting and, 290, 298
government shutdown and, 277, 282–83
gun control laws and, 245, 253–56, 258, 274, 326
Harvard Law Review and, 76, 78–79
IMF and, 296–97
immigration and, 308–9, 326, 340
insurance company bailouts and, xvi–xvii
Iran and, 167, 189, 232, 290–94, 296, 304
IRS and, 316, 325
Israel and, 298, 301
national debt and, x–xii, xvi, xviii–xix, xxiii–xxiv
presidential campaigns of, 202, 218, 292, 316, 321, 330, 333–34
and promise of America, 323–25, 327–28, 330–31, 333, 336, 340
Supreme Court and, 309–12
welfare and, 309
worldwide apology tour of, 238
Obamacare, 290, 326
Constitution and, 249, 273
Cruz’s filibuster against, 261–65, 282
Cruz’s senatorial career and, xvi, xxiii, 38, 227, 230, 261–85, 307
defunding of, 261, 273–77, 280–84
and elections of 2014, 284
employer mandate of, 270, 306–7
government shutdown and, 276–84
insurance company bailouts and, xvi–xvii
insurance premiums and, 268, 284
national debt and, xii, xvi, xxiii
Obama’s lies about, 267–69
Obama’s unilateral revision of, 307
public opinion on, 284–85
repeal of, 230, 272–73, 284–85, 325, 340
small business and, 270–72
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 80, 90, 94, 182
pornography and, 71, 95
and presidential election of 2000, 120–21
Ten Commandments case and, 158
Odelius, Dwight, 42–43
oil and gas industry:
and Cruz’s parents, 27–28, 30–31, 49–52
in Houston, 33, 36
prices in, 31, 50–52
Olson, Ted, 120–21, 129
Orwell, George, 2, 18
Pais, Frank, 12–13
Palin, Sarah, 313
Panetta, Leon, 229, 289
Panton, David, 57–59
debating of, 61–62
Harvard Law Review and, 78–79
at Harvard Law School, 67, 72, 75, 78
Parliament, British, 61, 318
Parliament, European, 2–3
Paul, Rand, 198, 204, 228, 339
filibuster of, 242–44, 254, 262–63
gun control laws and, 254
IMF and, 297
Obamacare and, 262–64
Pelosi, Nancy, xix, 249
Pena, Elizabeth, 159–60, 163, 167
Penthouse, 74
Perot, H. Ross, 220–22
Perry, Rick, 185, 193, 196, 213
Persian Gulf War, 230
Pew polls, 284, 324
Pledge of Allegiance case, 147–48, 154–55
Plouffe, David, 202
Politico, xxii, 213
PolitiFact, 237–38
pornography, 71, 94–95, 250–51
Post Office, U.S., 38, 66
poverty, 1, 28, 63–64, 87, 182, 212
Cruz’s essay writing and, 64
gun control laws and, 252
and promise of America, 321, 323–24, 339
press, freedom of, 314, 316
Princeton Review, 59
Princeton University, 302
affirmative action at, 61
Cruz’s admission to, 47
Cruz’s enrollment at, 55–67
Cruz’s essay writing at, 63–67
Cruz’s finances and, 52, 58–59, 63
Cruz’s poker playing and, 58–59
debating at, 59–63
privacy rights, 257, 310–11, 326
private property, 73, 306, 311–12
promise of America, 202, 222, 321–40
public opinion on, 324
reigniting of, 324–40
three parts of, 322–23
Putin, Vladimir, 3–4, 288, 297
Question 10, 200, 204
Rather, Dan, 99
R.B. Cruz and Associates, 30, 32, 40
RCA, 9
Reagan, Ronald, xxii, xxvi, 21, 79–80, 88, 100, 107, 113, 124, 129, 181, 196–97, 222, 305
background of, 174–75, 201
Bitburg visit of, 96–98
Eleventh Commandment of, 216
gubernatorial campaign of, 174–78, 201
on health care, 266–67, 269, 283
Kerry and, 230
presidential campaigns of, 50, 321, 329, 332–33, 340
and price of oil, 50–51
and promise of America, 321, 327, 329, 332–34, 337–40
Reagan Democrats, 178, 222, 332–34
Reagan Revolution, 178, 181, 321
Rehnquist, Williams, 79–80, 150n, 182
background of, 83–84, 90–91, 94–95
clerks of, 89–91, 100, 114, 143, 159
comparisons be
tween Scalia and, 92
and Cruz as Texas solicitor general, 143–46, 157–59
Cruz’s favorite memory of, 91–92
Cruz’s interview with, 83–86, 89
death of, 159
dissents of, 84
emergency execution stays and, 92–94
pornography and, 71, 95
sense of humor of, 158–59
Ten Commandments case and, 157–59
tennis played by, 85, 89–90
wagering of, 90
Reid, Harry, 235, 239
Cruz’s senatorial career and, 226, 254, 257
government shutdown and, 276–77, 279–82, 284
gun control laws and, 254, 257
Reid, Harry (cont.)
IMF and, 297
national debt and, xiv, xix, xxiii, xxvi
Obamacare and, 261n, 276–77, 279–84, 307
religious liberty, 66, 84, 104, 183, 297–98, 306, 310–11, 326
and Pledge of Allegiance case, 147–48, 155
Ten Commandments case and, 155–59
Republicans, Republican Party, 28, 111, 173, 181, 229, 307, 317, 320–21, 327
Bush’s presidential campaign and, 109, 112, 114
California gubernatorial campaign and, 174–76
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, xxi-xxii, 200, 202, 204–5, 207, 215–16, 218
Cruz’s senatorial career and, 227–28, 231–32, 235–36
Cruz’s Texas attorney general campaign and, 185, 188, 191, 195–96
DeMint and, 198
disagreements in, ix–x, xiii–xvi, xxi
FTC and, 130
government shutdown and, 276–77, 279–83
gun control laws and, 169, 245, 247, 254–55, 258
Harvard Law School and, 79
immigration and, 109
Iran and, 295–96
lunch meetings of, ix–x, xii–xiv, xxii, 233, 242, 281
Medellín case and, 163–64, 167
media’s treatment of, 238–39
national debt and, xi–xix, xxii–xxvi, 223, 225
Nixon’s resignation and, 136–39
Obamacare and, xvi, xxiii, 262, 273–77, 279–85
Perot and, 220–22
and promise of America, 328–37, 339–40
slavery and, 259, 261
Texas redistricting litigation and, 149, 151
Watergate scandal and, 135–36
Reversal of Fortune, 73
Rewards for Justice program, 299
Rhodes, Ben, 290
Rhodes, John, 137–38
Rice, Condoleezza, 105, 140, 161, 231
Rice University, 27, 52
Riley v. California, 310
Rim of the Pacific military exercise, 298
Road to Emmaus, 179
Roberts, John G., 144n, 150, 159
Bush’s presidential campaign and, 114–15
Medellín case and, 166–67
Rockefeller, Nelson, 174–75
Rollins, Ed, 201
Romney, Mitt, 218–19, 321, 330–34
“Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine,” 267
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 333, 339
Roosevelt, Teddy, 7, 221
Rosen, James, 316
Rouhani, Hasan, 291, 304
Rove, Karl, 279
Bush’s presidential campaigns and, 107, 109
and Cruz as Texas solicitor general, 189–90
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 195–96
Cruz’s Texas attorney general campaign and, 190–91, 195–96
Rubio, Marco, 198, 228, 263, 339
senatorial campaign of, 210–11
Russia, 3–4, 298, 327, 333
Ukraine and, 296–97, 301
Sackett v. EPA, 311–12
Sadat, Anwar, 286–89
Sanchez, Elizardo, 3–4
Sanchez-Llamas case, 165–66
Sandy Hook massacre, 245–46, 256
Saturday Night Live (SNL), 265, 313–14
Scalia, Antonin, 75, 83, 87–90, 92, 100–101, 182
clerks of, 80, 88–89
Medellín case and, 165–66
Ten Commandments case and, 157–58
Schumer, Chuck, 229
gun control laws and, 246, 250
Iran and, 296
national debt and, 223–25
Scott, Hugh, 137–38
SEB, 183
Second Baptist High School, 45, 48, 59
Senate, U.S., 22, 60, 123, 288n, 306–9
Armed Services Committee of, 53, 55, 232–34
Cruz’s campaign for, xiv, xxi–xxii, 183, 193–219
Cruz’s career in, ix, xiii–xvi, xx–xxi, xxiii–xxiv, xxvi–xxvii, 3, 37–38, 55, 134, 141, 222–58, 261–85, 294–302, 309, 312–14, 327
and elections of 2000, 117–18
as forum for civilized debate, 239–40
free speech and, 312–14
government shutdown and, 276, 278–83
gun control laws and, 170, 245–51, 254–55, 257–58
Hagel’s career in, 232
Hutchison and, 185, 193–94, 199
Iran and, 295–96
Israel and, 299–300
Judiciary Committee of, 240, 245–47, 255, 316
Judiciary Committee’s Constitution Subcommittee of, 306, 314
Kerry’s career in, 230–32
Medellín case and, 164
national debt and, xii–xix, xxii–xxiii, xxvii
Nixon’s resignation and, 137
Obamacare and, xvii, 261–65, 273–76, 278–83
Obama’s recess appointments and, 311
Rubio’s campaign for, 210–11
Rules Committee of, 227, 229
Russian sanctions and, 297
and sexual harassment and assault in military, 53–55
see also Congress, U.S.
Senate Conservatives Fund, 198
separation of powers, 163–66, 172, 307
sexual assault, 172, 180, 308
gun control laws and, 254
Medellín case and, 160, 163, 167
in military, 53–56
Shaar, Gilad, 299–300
Shapiro, David, 79
Shaw, Bernard, 99
Shell, 27–28
Sherman, Wendy, 292
Shin, Joel, 105
Simpson, O. J., 74
Sinclair, Jeffrey, 55–56
Sisi, Abdul Fattah al-, 288–89
“60 by 60” project, 214
slavery, 23, 259–61, 322
Social Security, 108, 277, 338
Sony, 124
Souter, David, 80, 86, 90, 158, 329
South Carolina, 24, 110–11, 198, 295–96
Soviet Union, 1–2, 4, 29, 98, 105, 174, 287, 318, 323, 339
Afghanistan invaded by, 305
Kerry and, 230
and price of oil, 50–51
Spanish-American War, 6–7
speech, freedom of, 66, 227, 306, 312–15, 326
and campaign financing, 313–15
and child pornography, 250
Stalin, Joseph, 2, 299
Star of Hope, 50
State Department, U.S., 288
Iran and, 295
Israel and, 299, 301
Kerry’s nomination to, 229–32
and Texas vs. United Nations, 139–40, 161–62
Stevens, John Paul, 80, 90, 166
Ten Commandments case and, 157–58
Stewart, Jon, 265
STOCK Act, 54
Storey, Rolland, 36–38
Sun Tsu, 152
Supreme Court, Fla., 120–22
Supreme Court, Tex., 142, 172, 185
Supreme Court, U.S., 28n, 67, 69, 78, 81, 83–95, 100, 162, 196–97, 262, 273
Bush’s presidential campaign and, 114–15, 117, 119–22
campaign financing and, 315
and Cruz as Texas solicitor general, 141–48, 150n, 156–59, 164–72, 180, 206, 317
Cruz’s ambition to
clerk at, 72, 75–77, 79–80, 85–86
Cruz’s clerking at, 71, 86–94, 143, 159
Cruz’s private law practice and, 181–84
emergency execution stays and, 92–94
gun control laws and, 169–71, 249–51
Medellín case and, 164–67
Obama and, 309–12
and Pledge of Allegiance case, 147–48, 155
pornography and, 71, 94–95
and promise of America, 329
Ten Commandments case and, 156–59
Texas redistricting litigation and, 152–54
Watergate scandal and, 136
wine industry and, 133
Syria, 231, 302
taxes, taxpayers, xxv, 38, 50, 61, 107, 143, 168, 172, 192, 285, 306–7, 321
California gubernatorial campaign and, 176–77
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 216
IMF and, 296
national debt and, 224
Obamacare and, xvi–xvii, 268, 271–72, 306
and promise of America, 324–25, 329, 335, 337
Thatcher and, 320
tea party, xivn, 173, 192, 222, 316, 340
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 207, 219
Cruz’s senatorial career and, 225, 228, 230
national debt and, xxv–xxvi
Obamacare and, 264–65
Ten Commandments case, 154–59, 192
terrorism, 230, 257
Benghazi attack and, 289–90
Fort Hood shooting and, 290, 298
Hagel’s Defense Department nomination and, 232, 236–37
Iran and, 291, 293, 295–96, 304
Israel and, 299–300
on 9/11, 129, 233, 241
Texas, Texans, 8, 31, 50, 57, 99–100, 102–3, 112, 133, 178–83, 262, 331
Bush’s presidential campaigns and, 107–10, 113, 125
Cruz as solicitor general of, 140–73, 180, 182, 189–90, 192, 206, 317
Cruz’s attorney general campaign and, 185–96, 200–201
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, xiv, xxi, 183, 193–219
Cruz’s senatorial career and, xv, xxiv, xxvi, 222, 225, 229, 231–32, 235, 242, 265, 270
Cruz’s speeches in, 37–38
gun control laws and, 170–71, 253
Houston and, 22–25
Medellín case and, 159–68, 296
Obamacare and, 270–71
Perot and, 221–22
and Pledge of Allegiance case, 147–48, 155
and price of oil, 51
redistricting litigation in, 149–54, 172
Ten Commandments case and, 154–59, 192
United Nations and, 139–40, 160–64, 192, 296
wine industry in, 132
Thatcher, Margaret, 318–21, 330, 340
Thomas, Clarence, 75, 80, 87–88, 90
Ten Commandments case and, 157–58
Thompson, John, 183–84
Thurmond, Strom, 263
Time, 176, 227
Toomey, Pat, xvii, 198, 228
Travis, William Barret, 242–43
Treasury Department, U.S., 113, 141, 161, 280, 315–16
