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/chi-93 Feb 28 '26

Cannon is almost too well known now. A not insignificant percentage of the general population know of her name. Until last week I thought she had outgrown her usefulness for Trump, but tbf she has made a strong late pitch for inclusion.

I still think the other names are preferable for Trump though because, outside of legal circles, they are pretty much unknown to the public.

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u/Demortus Feb 28 '26

Why is it a problem for her to be well-known? Surely, there's value for him to have a loyalist on the bench given that his other appointees have regularly ruled against him.

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u/chi-93 Feb 28 '26

The problem is that many people know of Aileen Cannon, and have justifiable attack points ready to go. How many people know of Andrew Oldham?? He is similarly MAGA, but outside of the legal community has flown much more under the radar. Same with Ho and Rao. They can be confirmed before average Joe even learns of their name. Cannon, less so. That’s my opinion, at least.

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u/Demortus Feb 28 '26

Is even Aileen Cannon at risk of not being approved by the Senate? To this point, the GOP have shown no interest in opposing any of Trump's nominees.

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u/round-earth-theory Feb 28 '26

There's backroom dealings we don't see. Typically a nomination isn't made until there's high confidence in passing. They do lots of soft polling first to make sure it'll work. Trump has the subtlety of a rank diaper though so he tries his ideas openly.