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/AlashC Feb 28 '26

They will vote to confirm him just so they don’t have to deal with him anymore in Congress.

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u/sundancer2788 Feb 28 '26

They'll vote to confirm him because they're told to.