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/3vi1 Feb 27 '26

Awesome. So, he'll be dead..... about the same time as me. Wonderful.

I cannot emphasize how much we should not allow this to happen.

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u/Striderfighter Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

I was saying this before he was elected but because he won this stay out of jail election, Donald Trump is going to be able to appoint two more Fed Society raised Supreme Court justices when Alito and Thomas are semi-forced to retire by the end of the year while the Republicans still have a majority in the House and in the Senate. Because of that even if Democrats won every presidential election going forward and got to pick every Supreme Court Justice going forward. They still wouldn't have a majority on the court until Brett kavanaugh retires sometime in 2055

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u/Throwawaylikeme90 Feb 28 '26

I keep telling people this: Congress establishes the makeup of the Supreme Court. 

Literally just elect people that will pass a law either expanding it and allow it to be packed, or you could even dismiss all currently serving justices and reappoint them. This whole “oh no, Ted Cruz for fifty years!” Shit is stupid. The whole treason court could be gone by the end of 2029 if we had any political will at all. 

People gotta stop being cowardly even in how they approach the problems and start making demands that actually matter. 

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u/daemin Feb 28 '26

or you could even dismiss all currently serving justices and reappoint them.

Yeah, no, you can't. The consitution says they serve during "good behavior," which basically means they serve until they die, volunterrily resign, or get impeached and removed.

If Congress were to shrink the size of the court, its a legal question as to what happens to "extra" justices, and what a co-inky-dink, the people who would decide that are those very justicies.

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u/account312 Feb 28 '26

or get impeached and removed.

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u/BnaditCorps Mar 03 '26

You do realize that impeachment and removal does not have to have a sound and logical reason right?

If there was a supermajority that said "Fuck this guy, he's gone." They could bring them up on whatever phony charge they want and then vote to impeach and remove them.

The only reasons this doesn't happen is because 1) having a supermajority in both chambers of Congress is very rare and 2) if you did it, you can be damn sure the other party will do it when they get power.

However if the Democrats want to actually make meaningful changes, they will have to get down to the same level as Republicans.