Pure sophistry on your part. What Trump liked was his opinion on the NBC requirement as do many freepers. In fact before Obama I doubt you could have found more than a handful of people that would have declared Cruz was NBC.
We don’t know for sure who Trump will pick, but we know he holds in very high regard the approach to the Constitution of ultra-leftist Lawrence Tribe, who Trump keeps quoting so favorably on the subject.
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If you would read Cruz’s letter recommending Roberts for Chief justice, you will find him citing the “ultra-leftist” Lawrence Tribe as favoring Roberts.It was part of his argument for Roberts.
“But, as a jurist, Judge Roberts’s approach will be that of his entire career: carefully, faithfully applying the Constitution and legal precedent. He is a mainstream judge, respected across the ideological spectrum. Thus, he’s earned praise from liberal icons such as Harvard Law Professor Larry Tribe, and Chicago Law Professor Cass Sunstein, as well as from Clinton Solicitors General Walter Dellinger and Seth Waxman, and Carter and Clinton Counsel Lloyd Cutler, the latter two of whom both described Roberts as a man of “unquestioned integrity and fair-mindedness.†As Professor Tribe observed Tuesday night, “[i]t is clear that in the absence of some serious objection that is not now visible . . . he is very likely to be confirmed.â€
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The above is from Ted Cruz’s letter supporting John Roberts. Seems he has no hesitation in supporting Professor Tribe’s position. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm