Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Sunday argued against passage of legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller, saying an earlier bill to shield him from removal was "unconstitutional."
In an interview on CBS News' "Face The Nation," Sen. Cruz discounted new legislation sponsored by Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Conn.
"We had a bill come through the Judiciary Committee that tried to make it impossible for a special counsel to be removed," Cruz said. "I believe that legislation was unconstitutional, that it was inconsistent with Article II of the Constitution."
But he deferred on whether President Donald Trump's executive order denying asylum to illegal border crossers is constitutional.
"Well, as I said on the executive order on immigration, I have not studied that or yet, it just came out this week," Cruz said. "You know, I have to admit I was kind of busy we had an election a couple of days ago. And so I have not yet reviewed the executive order, and I try on legal decisions, my career has been being a constitutional litigator, so I don't reach constitutional opinions lightly."
"If the order defies the laws of Congress then, yes, it's unconstitutional. If the order constrains and directs how the executive will implement the law, then it's not," he continued. "Now, my understanding is this executive order does things directing resources to the border. Those resources are clearly within the purview of an executive order for the president."
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