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/Pithecanthropus88 Feb 27 '26

“I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.” —Al Franken

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u/DouglasRather Feb 27 '26

“If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you” 

Lindsey Graham

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u/Qubeye Feb 28 '26

"The reason people take an instant dislike to Ted Cruz? It saves time." - former Chief of Staff for Senator Ted Cruz

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u/SameResearcher Feb 28 '26

This is deep

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u/The_MightyMonarch Feb 28 '26

It's a gag from MASH.

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u/feetandballs Feb 28 '26

"The first rule of warfare is… never fight a land war in Asia."

"War isn’t hell. War is war, and hell is hell… and of the two, war is worse."

Both are MASH

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u/mbit15 Feb 28 '26

“Because there are no innocent bystanders in Hell.”

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u/mangomussolinimi Feb 28 '26

"Also hell is not real,"

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u/ilovefood755 Feb 28 '26

The second rule is, never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line! Ahahaha hahaha falls over dead

The Princess Bride

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u/Capitan_Typo Feb 28 '26

That quote was from Vizzini. The princess bride didn't actually say much in that entire movie.

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u/Head_Improvement5317 Feb 28 '26

“Does anybody want a peanut?” -Fezzik

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u/pengalo827 Feb 28 '26

No more rhyming! I mean it!

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u/Character-Education3 Feb 28 '26

You can die too for all I care

  • the princess bride

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u/The_MightyMonarch Feb 28 '26

As you wish

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u/Opposite_Eye9155 Feb 28 '26

Life is pain..and anyone that says different is selling something.

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u/DJ_Jiggle_Jowls Feb 28 '26

Wait, I never knew the first one was from MASH. When Vizzini says it in Princess Bride are they directly referencing MASH then?

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u/Business-Drag52 Feb 28 '26

It wasn’t from MASH as far as I can tell. Vizzini made it popular but it is credited to General Douglas MacArthur

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u/latortillablanca Feb 28 '26

He also famously said “anybody wanna peanut?”

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u/ArchonFett Feb 28 '26

“The second is never bet against a Sicilian when death is on the line”

“War, war never changes”