I think Cruz should be the next SC Justice. Man with his intellect and backbone can be trusted to safe guard the Constitution relentlessly for decades to come. Jeff Session Senator from AL is most likely Trumps VP pick. He was the 1st major supporter from the GOP to support Trump. Trump Values loyalty. Sessions also balances the ticket geographically, politically and give Trump someone to manage Congress for him. Job of President is too big for 1 person to do it all. A smart executive like Trump is probably all ready thinking about who he wants on his team. He and Sessions work well together.
Cruz would be a great Justice, but no reason that he can’t be president first. While he’s president, we would get great Supreme Court appointments from him. Then, as long as a like-minded Republican follows him into the White House, he could become the second person since William Howard Taft to become a Justice after being president.