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— Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA), in a tweet reminding his colleague, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), about how “well-liked” he was throughout their years spent collectively at Harvard Legislation. The lawmakers had been duking it out on X regarding Cruz’s opposition to Third Circuit judicial nominee Adeel Mangi, who could be the first-ever Muslim appellate decide if confirmed. Throughout Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s affirmation hearings, Wiener mentioned that in regulation faculty, “[e]veryone thought [Cruz] was a serious jackass.”
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