Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that the âelitesâ on the Supreme Court âlook over much of this country as flyover country. They think that our views are simply parochial and donât deserve to be respectedâ on Mondayâs broadcast of NBCâs âToday.âCruz stood by earlier comments that the Supreme Courtâs rulings constituted âsome of the darkest 24 hours in our nationâs history,â stating, âWhat happened last week is, twice, back-to-back, the US Supreme Court, a majority of the justices, violated their judicial oath.