The claim that Ted Cruz lacks discernment for supporting the appointment of Chief Justice Roberts is among the most outrageous departures from sanity that we seem to experience on a daily basis from supporters of Donald Trump. Anyone with any knowledge of how the bar operates, how the Supreme Court operates, how judicial clerks operate, how advocates operate, especially advocates before the Supreme Court, would never go near such a statement as, "Cruz lacks discernment" in the context of Cruz' support of the appointment.
There is nothing in Robert's career prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, including his service on the DC court of appeals, which suggests to any knowledgeable observer that Roberts would rule as he did on Obama care. To suggest otherwise is not to indict Ted Cruz but to betray a level of ignorance, or more likely, rank partisan politicking so common among Trump supporters who eagerly ape their hero.
There is one other facet of this episode which deserves remark; it brings credit on Ted Cruz and, once again, highlights the failings of Donald Trump. Ted Cruz admitted he made a mistake, when is the last time Donald Trump ever admitted having made a mistake about anything? To illustrate by way of one among many possible examples from Trump's biography, Donald Trump was warned up and down against his hedonistic investments in Atlantic City which subsequently went bankrupt, but Trump heedlessly persisted.
In contrast, Ted Cruz had absolutely no evidence from which to conclude that the appointment of John Roberts might be a mistake. Nevertheless, Cruz is a big enough man to admit a mistake even when the mistake is not his fault but Donald Trump is so narcissistic that he denies mistakes which are clearly his fault.
