I don’t think Trump ever claimed the list was exhaustive and it would be hard to argue that Cruz is unqualified.
Further, Cruz could sit on that court for the next 40 years.
Finally, there are Senators who might otherwise oppose Trump’s first (only?) nominee because of Garland but who would probably let this one slip through just to get Cruz out of the Senate.
Yeah, I know some Freepers here still don’t like him from the campaign but it would be a good move on Trump’s part.
You would be Ok with him deciding a child born to a Palestinian father and an American mother in Saudi Arabia is a natural born citizen eligible to be President?
A decision by the Supreme Court like that would gut in perpetuity the protection the natural born citizen clause provided before the Kenyanesian Usurpation.
“Yeah, I know some Freepers here still don’t like him from the campaign but it would be a good move on Trump’s part.”
I think some Freepers really just didn’t like him apart from the campaign altogether. Some saw qualities in him that were less than desirable well before the campaign.
One freeper above mentioned that Cruz’s grating ways could possibly interfere with the ability to sway others to his opinions. I think he had that same problem in the senate.
Brilliant man but not a people person and certainly no Scalia.