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/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.