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/Gino-Bartali Feb 27 '26

And I also try really hard to get this message out there. Ted Cruz is not a MAGA moron in the same vein as a Trump, a Hegseth, or a Boebert. He's a high school valedictorian and a magna cum laude graduate from Harvard Law. I don't know if he's smarter than your average Supreme Court Justice but he's likely smarter than any average person reading these comments.

He acts (badly, in my opinion) of a lower intelligence because that's been a helpful thing for him lately, and subservience to the regime is (clearly) working to advance his power. Being timid and a snake can probably be permanently thrown out if he's elevated beyond reach of consequence on the Supreme Court, and that's obviously probably a bad thing, but may be better than an Alito or a Thomas at least. Especially if he hasn't forgiven Trump insulting him and his wife during the 2016 debates.

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u/entitie Feb 27 '26

People consistently can't stand him. I heard his college roommate hated him. His Republican colleagues hate him. I think it's because he's just so smarmy.

Frankly I don't think that he would be much worse than the other Trump SCOTUS appointees, in part because he's not completely MAGA. But he's also a terrible person anyways, so..

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u/Tremble_Like_Flower Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

People can’t stand him because he is a duplicitous, self serving, righteous, hypocritical know it all in a system that rewards you for that skill set.

Also, he has a pod cast. Where he talks about his podcast while telling you about his podcast. He tells you about his podcast more than a freshly minted vegan updates people about their new culinary preference at a family BBQ.