[DanZ]

“Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.”

All of these are the type of Federal Judges I feel certain Cruz will appoint.

I do not hold the same level of trust in Trump

[kabar]

You have to be elected President to appoint judges and justices. I question Cruz's ability to get elected in the general election. And it appears that the Senate will likely return to the Dems in 2017, which will make confirmations that much more difficult, especially for SCOTUS.

Harry Reid used the nuclear option to get Obama appointments confirmed with just a majority needed. The Dems play hardball while the wimps in the current GOP-controlled Congress roll over and give Obama everything he wants and more. Ryan and McConnell met with Obama this week, no doubt to plan their strategy for getting more of his agenda thru before the end of Obama's term.

[onyx]

Interesting, because IIRC, Cruz very much approved of (now) Chief Justice Roberts, right along with notable liberals Harvard Law Professor Tribe, Cass Sunstein and that lawyer the Clintons’ use, Lloyd Cutler.

[Alas Babylon!]

And, in reply, as I said before, you just never know.

I’m sure Reagan thought Sandra Day O’Conner and Kennedy would judge conservatively, or at least follow the Constitution.

My point was that same thing could happen to Cruz.

Frankly, I’m all for Cruz being on the Supreme Court! Best damn mind I could think of to weigh Constitutional issues as our founding document was written; better than Bork even.