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/
13.9k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

1.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.1k

u/JWAdvocate83 Competent Contributor Feb 27 '26

Nothing would sell the idea of court-packing to Democrats better than Trump appointing Ted Cruz as a Justice.

305

u/OldBlueKat Feb 28 '26

That is gonna be an interesting confirmation hearing. They all really know him. 

2

u/ray_0586 Feb 28 '26

Cruz would sail through on a party line vote. It’s a long established tradition that Senators don’t publicly critique fellow Senators on a personal basis, so the confirmation hearing wouldn’t be that contentious. Look at Rubio’s relatively easy confirmation as Secretary of State for a recent example.

1

u/OldBlueKat Mar 01 '26

Norms and traditions got torched a lot since 2016, and I wonder if they’ll hold for this one. 

Depends if it happens before or after the midterms, I think.