I’d rather see Cruz on the SCOTUS. He’d do a lot more good for a lot longer.
Or, as advisor to someone like Trump.
I’d rather see him as president or vice. You would have to wait, probably until hell freezes over, for a liberal seat to open on the SC. In addition, if he is on the court and there is not a clear conservative majority then again he will accomplish little. We have a couple of justices right now who are constitutionalists but they usually end up as dissenting opinions. We need him in a position of power immediately, where he can make an immediate difference. Could he be appointed later when the conditions are right, even while VP? Of course.
Elect him now for eight years and then follow Taft's example and serve as Chief Justice.
Seriously? There would need to be 100 GOP senators for Cruz to have a chance at confirmation. And even then he would probably lose. They know he’s the real deal.
I’d rather see him be president first and pick a few SCOTUS. No one would be able to pick real conservatives like him.
You are probably right, but imagine how the Left would howl over a Cruz SCOTUS nomination. Instead of a SCOTUS nominee being “Borked”, we would probably have to come up with a whole new word!!!!
There is nothing preventing the appointment of a former president to the Supreme Court. Which would do good for the country even longer.
I’d rather see Cruz on the SCOTUS. >>
Nope, he is too young to be shoved off as one vote on the SC, deep in the caverns of the Supreme Court building.
He is a political evangelist with energy and needs to be returned to the Senate where he can expound against corruption and totalitarianism.
Who else’s voice in the crap senate do we have, but his? Otherwise, we roll over without even a whimper.
Yes he would!
or make the next court appointments as CIC........
Agree to a point - he’ll help a little over 10%. We need more than 50% of the Supreme Court to do what they take the oath to do.
Because we can’t reasonably expect that, given the current culture, we also need to introduce periodic approvals of justices by the people to prevent them from *legislating*... as Ted has said.