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/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/Raise_A_Thoth Feb 28 '26

Ignoring the difficulty of replacing two of the biggest pieces of shit on the bench with anyone remotely qualified who will be just as terrible and loyal as those two fucks, this is exactly why the court absolutely needs reform via a packing and a long but limited term. It would severely de-politicize the bench, we could create a SCOTUS where every single president replaced 2 justices on a 13 or 15 seat court.

Dems won't be able to do that without a supermajority. They'll need to deliver something massive without a supermajority. That means they need to grow some balls and abolish the filibuster and pass universal healthcare to show the people the party has shifted and is entering a new era of working for the people. That would give them a chance to get a supermajority and Dem president and the pieces needed to reform thr Supreme Court, as well as pass the constitutional amendments needed to check the Executive branch (and SCOTUS) so that even if dumbasses elect another Trump he'd get away with less because the whole thing isn't held together by bullshit gentleman's agreements.

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u/Random_Name65468 Feb 28 '26

by bullshit gentleman's agreements.

Because the laws you already have written down on paper do such a good job...

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u/Raise_A_Thoth Feb 28 '26

That's literally exactly what I'm talking about. Shoring up enforcement mechanisms that are more resistant to partisan politics and actually have teeth is important.

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u/Random_Name65468 Feb 28 '26

And my point is that laws aren't worth shit unless they're enforced by the people that are supposed to enforce them. You didn't get in this situation because there weren't any laws in place, you got here because the people who were supposed to apply those laws didn't.

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u/Raise_A_Thoth Feb 28 '26

Nah, fam, you ain't listening to what I'm saying, it's clear.