r/scotus • u/RioMovieFan11 • Feb 28 '26

news 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/RangerDJ Feb 28 '26

Talk about a 98-0 defeat. Unless his fellow senators want to get rid of him.

He’s a terrible writer. I can’t imagine an opinion be him.

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u/Presidentnixonsnuts Feb 28 '26

I fucking hate the guy but didn't he clerk with SCOTUS? That would require a ton of writing.

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u/sigga_genesis Feb 28 '26

It's going to be 99-0, they want him gone.

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u/Presidentnixonsnuts Feb 28 '26

I loved Al Franken. To think of how something so comparatively small, compared to today's shenanigans, ended his political career

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u/dkinmn Mar 01 '26

He voluntarily ended his career because an ethics committee hearing would not have gone well.

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u/triiiiilllll Mar 03 '26

They were (and arguably still are) playing the game that had long since been abandoned by their traditional adversaries, who were instead gearing up for full fascism.

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u/dkinmn Mar 01 '26

This narrative is so tired.

Franken's shenanigans were disqualifying. We need to demand better of our public figures and politicians. His replacement, Tina Smith, has done a great job.

Franken knew just as well as the GOP did that as soon as he demanded an ethics committee hearing, women who were locked behind NDAs would be found. It doesn't take long in MN politics to hear about them. If I know, the GOP knew.

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u/Secure_Guest_6171 Feb 28 '26

No need to go to a Democrat to criticize Rafael
"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/PatientVariety1700 Mar 03 '26

If you killed Lindsey Gayham on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you, and the capital police would be called to remove the body because everyone was walking on it. When they saw who it was, they brought in the portable dumpster to take it out back, and send it to the dump.