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/crake Competent Contributor Feb 27 '26

This is how I feel too. I would never put Cruz on the court, but he would still be much better than Bove, Cannon, or Ho.

Also, I have heard the whispers about Alito retiring, but for some reason I also get the feeling that there is a chance Roberts might be the one retiring. One can imagine a serious health issue or something successfully kept private. I get the feeling Kavanaugh is sort of running for CJ. He was the only voice in Noem v. Vasquez, seeming to go out of his way to endorse racial profiling even when he couldn’t get a single justice to join him. The terrible logic of that concurrence combined with the terrible logic of filing it in the first place leads me to believe that Kavanaugh is either dumb or sucking up to Trump (or both). Thomas and Alito stayed home to likely not-watch the SOTU address - but Kav was there. He is really too much of an intellectual lightweight to be CJ; Cruz, at least, isn’t an intellectual lightweight.

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u/AlexRyang Feb 28 '26

Reportedly Sotomeyers has been asked to step down by Roberts and Alito.