But there were reminders every few minutes that Cruz was not the only claimant to Reagan's legacy.
The Municipal Library in Tel Aviv has renounced any claim to the estate, making the Hebrew University Library — today, the National Library of Israel — the only claimant specifically named by Brod.
And it is not the only claimant: across Europe, countries, companies and consumers are scouring their portfolios and discovering exposure to the three main Icelandic banks, all of which have been taken over by the government.
One account from Caleb Orozco, executive director of the United Belize Advocacy Movement, reads: "As the only claimant in the current constitutional challenge case, I have lost two teeth, had my family property invaded and car damaged by two masked men in the week of the supreme court hearings in May of this year.
This year only 100 claimants will trial the new IT.
It is not only individual claimants who suffer from what can be a harsh and arbitrary system.
Third, tax credits have given rise to a huge dependency not only among claimants but also among employers.
However, in October, it was revealed that only 14,170 claimants – mainly single people or childless couples – were receiving universal credit.
It had been inherited from the hated prewar unemployment assistance scheme and was eventually abandoned to general relief in July 1975 when only 6,000 claimants were being affected.
Fraud has been a "really, really small part of it," he added, pointing out that so far, three of every 10 claims had been rejected and only three claimants had been convicted of fraud.
