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I definitely agree on a Trump/Cruz ticket.

I know Cruz wants to be President; but his legal skills are going to be crucial to Trump. If Cruz is not the VP, I predict Donald will be in trouble with the Constitution on DAY ONE.

And .. with the prospect of Cruz continuing for 8 more years after 8 years of Trump - that sounds really good to me. That should give us the 16 years of glowing prosperity, and the chance to remake the Repub party into a party that loves America, and no longer bows and scrapes to the DemocRATS.

Plus, hopefully, at least 3 Conservative Supreme Court Judges.

And .. with the prospect of Cruz continuing for 8 more years after 8 years of Trump - that sounds really good to me.

The only way I could accept Cruz after Trump is with legislation or a valid legal opinion that "The Monroe Doctrine" established a de facto dominion as protector over "The Americas" which invited Cubans and/or Canadians to be a distinct American (in its broadest sense) natural born class, which at the same time disallows any person born on any other continent.

This is own idea and I have no idea that it could stand. I think a point could be made since "The Monroe Doctrine" declared a American hegemony in our hemisphere.

What we must not let happen is the establishment of a precedent for a foreign born individual from Europe, Asia, or Africa to become President of The United States, ever.

Assuming that the Scalia seat is not filled by Senate surrender to Obozo, the next sixteen years should certainly see the end of the tenures of Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas and, from the looks of her and how she has porked up, Sonya Sotomayor. Of the current court, only Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justices Alito and Kagan are likely to still be there in sixteen years.

A Republican candidate who will not vow a blood oath to stack each and every vacancy with young (still in their 40s preferably) absolute hardliners with track records is not fit to be nominated. This is a sixteen year golden window of opportunity to deal with SCOTUS once and for all. The same standard should apply to the Circuit Courts of Appeal and Federal Trial Bench appointments. The lower courts are important in their own right and as feeders to the higher courts. How many times are conservative social issue initiatives stifled by imperial judges who strike down laws restricting abortion with impunity, act as enemies of religion and religious freedom in public life, thwart the punishment of criminals (they keep Charlie Manson and Sirhan Sirhan alive for 40-50 years by arbitrary judicial fiat, inventing constitutional "rights" as they go along. If people are voting for Donald Trump because they are rightly fed up with the force-feeding of political correctness down the throats of every American, they should remember that PC is a very fertile source of judicial tyranny.

I prefer a Cruz/Walker ticket BUT will be far more amenable to Trump/Cruz with adequate assurances that Ted Cruz picks the judges. It is his field of expertise. Governor Greg Abbot would be trusted to appoint a suitable new senatorial replacement. Eventually, Cruz could be appointed to SCOTUS.

As an additional observation regarding Cuba, the neighboring island of Puerto Rico has been US territory for a hundred years and Puerto Ricans are of course US citizens.

Although Cuba gained independence from the United States in 1902, the US retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign relations. This provisio continued until Castro's revolution in 1959.