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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (747963)	10/18/2013 11:17:25 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1573439

No, he was Solicitor General of a large state. In that position, he: Cruz has authored more than 80 United States Supreme Court briefs and presented 43 oral arguments, including nine before the United States Supreme Court. [3] [22] [12] Cruz's record of having argued before the Supreme Court nine times is more than any practicing lawyer in Texas or any current member of Congress. [43] Cruz has commented on his nine cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court: "We ended up year after year arguing some of the biggest cases in the country. There was a degree of serendipity in that, but there was also a concerted effort to seek out and lead conservative fights." [43] In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz drafted the amicus brief signed by attorneys general of 31 states, which said that the D.C. handgun ban should be struck down as infringing upon the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. [22] [44] Cruz also presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. [22] [45] ..... Cruz has been named by American Lawyer magazine as one of the 50 Best Litigators under 45 in America, [42] [47] by The National Law Journal as one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America, [48] [49] and by Texas Lawyer as one of the 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century. [50] [51] wikipedia