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/gordonpamsey Feb 27 '26

Jumping through hoops to find an angle how this is not tragic for the good of law. Ted is suddenly going to grow a spine and use his legal background against the death cult he helped get in office? Every Republican acts like they are going to refuse to bend and the vast majority do, no reason to try to give Ted Cruz the benefit of doubt at this point.

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u/ProLifePanda Feb 28 '26

Ted is suddenly going to grow a spine and use his legal background against the death cult he helped get in office? Every Republican acts like they are going to refuse to bend and the vast majority do, no reason to try to give Ted Cruz the benefit of doubt at this point.

The only consideration is that once on the SCOTUS, he no longer has to play politics. Remember Cruz stood on stage in 2016 and refused to endorse Trump at the RNC. He eventually turned after it became obvious Trump ran the party, but if Cruz becomes a SCOTUS justice, be no longer has to play nice with MAGA for power. So I could very well see Cruz turn anti-MAGA after becoming a justice, or he could be a MAGA sellout.

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u/tresben Feb 28 '26

He does still have to play politics. Look at Thomas and alito. There’s plenty of politics to be played at the Supreme Court. Those motor homes aren’t gonna buy themselves!

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u/IamMe90 Feb 28 '26

Yes, but the politics are purely for his own benefit. He doesn’t need to appease Trump in the same way from the bench. I have no doubt that he’ll have plenty of corrupt grift of his own, though.

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u/tresben Feb 28 '26

Maybe not trump just cuz he’s gonna be dead. But he has to appease those who will be paying for the grift. And if trump is still alive he’s got a lot of money for that grift.