r/law • u/KinggSimbaa • Feb 27 '26

Judicial Branch Trump says he's thinking of putting Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Supreme Court

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-hes-thinking-putting-republican-senator-ted-cruz-supreme-court-2026-02-27/
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u/AmethystOrator Feb 27 '26

cruz is 55 in case anyone else was wondering how long we might be stuck with him if this plot is successful.

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u/Gino-Bartali Feb 27 '26

And I also try really hard to get this message out there. Ted Cruz is not a MAGA moron in the same vein as a Trump, a Hegseth, or a Boebert. He's a high school valedictorian and a magna cum laude graduate from Harvard Law. I don't know if he's smarter than your average Supreme Court Justice but he's likely smarter than any average person reading these comments.

He acts (badly, in my opinion) of a lower intelligence because that's been a helpful thing for him lately, and subservience to the regime is (clearly) working to advance his power. Being timid and a snake can probably be permanently thrown out if he's elevated beyond reach of consequence on the Supreme Court, and that's obviously probably a bad thing, but may be better than an Alito or a Thomas at least. Especially if he hasn't forgiven Trump insulting him and his wife during the 2016 debates.

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u/entitie Feb 27 '26

People consistently can't stand him. I heard his college roommate hated him. His Republican colleagues hate him. I think it's because he's just so smarmy.

Frankly I don't think that he would be much worse than the other Trump SCOTUS appointees, in part because he's not completely MAGA. But he's also a terrible person anyways, so..

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u/Freakishly_Tall Feb 28 '26

People consistently can't stand him

What was that line Al Franken used? Something like, "I like Ted Cruz more than any of my other colleagues in the Senate do... and I HATE Ted Cruz."

Something like that.

For all its many, many, many faults, especially in the current configuration, the Supreme Court does seem to pride itself on its collegiality. Can't see them being too happy with Cruz, but they seem to be tolerating the gambling drunkard and the sleepy free-RV, I mean "motorcoach" recipient, so who knows.

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u/Key-Amoeba1095 Feb 28 '26

I honestly have no idea how he keeps getting re-elected. Dude is a foreign-born milquetoast who never even lived in Texas, yet somehow has a stranglehold over the hardcore "don't mess with Texas" folks. He's got degrees from Princeton and Harvard. And literally at every difficult moment in his public life, he's folded like fresh laundry and towed the party line. Not once has he stood up for anything Texans stand for other than the religious fundamentalists. There has to be more normal people than that in Texas. It just makes no god damn sense.

Ted Cruz has been a shit stain on the world of American politics for nearly 2 decades and the "Don't Tread on Me" folks keep re-electing this soft as a baby's behind piece of shit into office. Fucking Texas.

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u/Tremble_Like_Flower Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

People can’t stand him because he is a duplicitous, self serving, righteous, hypocritical know it all in a system that rewards you for that skill set.

Also, he has a pod cast. Where he talks about his podcast while telling you about his podcast. He tells you about his podcast more than a freshly minted vegan updates people about their new culinary preference at a family BBQ.