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Sen. Ted Cruz: Mike Lee is the best choice for the Supreme Court
Fox News ^ | 7/5/2018 | Ted Cruz

Posted on 07/05/2018 12:31:24 PM PDT by conservative98

President Trump is scheduled to announce one of the most important decisions of his presidency on Monday: the name of his second nominee to the Supreme Court, to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.

This will be a defining moment for President Trump’s legacy. Every president is remembered for his nominations to the Supreme Court – and not always positively.

Past Republican presidents have repeatedly nominated justices who failed to live up to the principles they were selected to represent. For example, President George H.W. Bush’s selection of liberal David Souter was one of the most consequential errors of his presidency.

Indeed, many of the worst liberal judicial activists, including William Brennan, John Paul Stevens, and Harry Blackmun – the author of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide – were appointed by Republican presidents. These mistakes haunt the legacies of presidents, a specter they can never shake. We cannot let this happen again.

Most presidents are forced to gamble on a nominee they do not truly know – someone who has spent a lifetime outside the public eye. Presidents must pore over the thinnest bodies of evidence on these people, trying to discern their convictions and ability from scattered cases and the recommendations of others. It’s a risk, when what a president really needs is a sure thing.

President Trump, however, has lucked out. He has a sure thing, battle-tested, ready, and willing to serve: Sen. Mike Lee.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: cruz; lyingted; mikelee; openborders; scotus; supremecourt; tedcruz; trump; trumpscotus
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Sen. Lee, R-Utah, was made for this moment! No other candidate has his combination of record, ability, and a sure-fire path to confirmation – and no other candidate would excite conservative voters this November more than someone they know and trust, like Mike Lee!

Moreover, Lee safeguards President Trump’s Supreme Court legacy for all time, because there is not a single soul out there who can doubt that a Justice Mike Lee would remain true to the convictions he has fought for his entire life!

First, there is no question that Mike Lee is extraordinarily well-qualified to serve on the Supreme Court! His legal acumen and experience are unparalleled!

1 posted on 07/05/2018 12:31:24 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Oh, and by the way... He voted for Egg McMuffin.

2 posted on 07/05/2018 12:31:41 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

#neverTrump Cruz doing his best to get Republicans out of the Senate?


3 posted on 07/05/2018 12:34:19 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: conservative98

At this point, it’s like choosing between rocky road and moose tracks. I have my preference, but it’s all good.


4 posted on 07/05/2018 12:36:13 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: conservative98

No just plain no

Too Mormon for starters


5 posted on 07/05/2018 12:36:53 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: conservative98

No. He is not Ted.

Shouldn’t you be shaming voters?


6 posted on 07/05/2018 12:38:19 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: conservative98

Never trust this pr1ck >>> CRUZ <<<.
He is a state-owned puppet.


7 posted on 07/05/2018 12:38:42 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Nifster
"Too Mormon for starters." May as well add Catholics to the list too
8 posted on 07/05/2018 12:39:12 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: conservative98

Ted needs to just go away.


9 posted on 07/05/2018 12:40:14 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: conservative98

Wait, who “knows and trusts” Mike Lee? I don’t trust him at all, he spent 2016 trying to destroy Donald Trump and then several months trying to undermine him, and called for Trump’s resignation during a liberal outrage moment.


10 posted on 07/05/2018 12:40:21 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: traderrob6

Better add the sarcasm tag as some on here aren’t the most intuitive.


11 posted on 07/05/2018 12:40:32 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: treetopsandroofs

Ted is not a never-Trumper. The sting of the campaign is gone. He and Trump speak regularly on the phone and in personal meetings. Who do you think gave him the idea to pick Gorsuch? Ted is a Trumper.


12 posted on 07/05/2018 12:43:23 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: conservative98

If he’s wrong, can we force him to retire and go back home?

I thought not.


13 posted on 07/05/2018 12:44:07 PM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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His legal acumen and experience are unparalleled!

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At the RNC Convention, it wasn't. Mike Lee thought he had 11 states lined up to get the convention rules changed. But there was only 9 states and 3 states withdrew. And thus his little food fight didn't meet the requirements.


14 posted on 07/05/2018 12:45:03 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: Eddie01

That was Cruz’s “defining moment” for me.


15 posted on 07/05/2018 12:45:04 PM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: SunStar; All

Do not confuse a personality clash, involving specific friendships rather than Constitutional issues, with consistent strict construction beliefs. Lee’s whole career speaks to his trustworthyness in following the Scalia & Gorsuch pattern.


16 posted on 07/05/2018 12:46:14 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: SunStar

I remember his meltdown on the floor of the Convention. I always liked him til I saw him act like a spoiled brat.


17 posted on 07/05/2018 12:47:10 PM PDT by lilypad
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To: conservative98

No politicians. We need a judge who has written decisions that can be looked at, not some politician that will hold his finger up in the air to decide what position to take.


18 posted on 07/05/2018 12:50:43 PM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: traderrob6
May as well add Catholics to the list too

Like Scalia?

19 posted on 07/05/2018 12:52:14 PM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: TheZMan
[reference section]


20 posted on 07/05/2018 12:52:40 PM PDT by Eddie01
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