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Tragedy and Choices: After Scalia, the Case for Cruz (Sowell reverses course)
American Spectator ^ | 2.15.16 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 02/15/2016 7:49:03 PM PST by SoConPubbie

Amid the petty bickering, loud rhetoric and sordid attack ads in this year's primary election campaigns, the death of a giant - Justice Antonin Scalia - suddenly overshadows all of that.

The vacancy created on the Supreme Court makes painfully clear the huge stakes involved when we choose a President of the United States, just one of whose many powers is the power to nominate justices of the Supreme Court.

Justice Scalia's passing would be a great loss at any time. But at this crucial juncture in the history of the nation - with 5-to-4 Supreme Court decisions determining what kind of country America will be - Scalia's death can be catastrophic in its consequences, depending on who is chosen to be his successor.

Given the advanced ages of other justices, the next president is likely to have enough vacancies to fill to be able to shape the future of the court that helps shape the future of America.

Already many people are complaining that the America they grew up in, and loved, is being changed into something they can barely recognize. Record numbers are renouncing their American citizenship.

Meanwhile, people with high level experience in the military and in the intelligence services are warning us against extreme dangers in a world where our adversaries' military power and aggressiveness are increasing,

. . . . .

Senator Ted Cruz has been criticized in this column before, and will undoubtedly be criticized here again. But we can only make our choices among those actually available, and Senator Cruz is the one who comes to mind when depth and steadfastness come to mind.

As someone who once clerked for a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he will know how important choosing Justice Scalia's replacement will be. And he has the intellect to understand much more.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; cuckservatives; nationalreview; richlowry; scotus; sowell; supremecourt; tedcruz; thomassowell
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1 posted on 02/15/2016 7:49:03 PM PST by SoConPubbie
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2 posted on 02/15/2016 7:51:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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Cruz OpEd: John Roberts Should Be A Quick Confirm

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3396866/posts


3 posted on 02/15/2016 7:51:50 PM PST by Helicondelta
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It's too bad there's a dearth of ideologues amongst the conservative Federal judges.

But that's the price you have to pay for actual thought...

4 posted on 02/15/2016 7:52:01 PM PST by kiryandil ("Our Muslim-In-Chief, Barack Obama - the Quislaming in the White House")
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To: SoConPubbie

I knew Sowell was one of those that wrote the anti-Trump manifesto in National Review, but I guess I missed where he dissed Cruz.


5 posted on 02/15/2016 7:52:01 PM PST by digger48
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Nice graphic...


6 posted on 02/15/2016 7:52:44 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Helicondelta

Many, many conservatives were fooled by Justice Roberts.


7 posted on 02/15/2016 7:53:43 PM PST by Bubbette
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To: digger48

He used to support Walker. He is a person of principle and therefore you will find that he criticizes everyone from time to time. No one is perfect, not even Sowell. He is brilliant, however, and I usually agree with him. I did not agree with him about Walker, though Walker looks less bad now, compared to some others.


8 posted on 02/15/2016 7:54:41 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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If we don’t stop the illegals and the muslim immigration, its NOT GOING TO MATTER ONE TWIT who’s on the Supreme Court!!!!!!


9 posted on 02/15/2016 7:54:50 PM PST by LibFreeUSA
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Too funny. So we have to ignore all the negatives and vote for Ted because of the supreme Court.....not a chance. Trump will pick great justices too.


10 posted on 02/15/2016 7:54:55 PM PST by napscoordinator
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Thomas Sowell, another “great” conservative thinker and writer, unmasked and exposed as just another purveyor of words this election cycle.


11 posted on 02/15/2016 7:55:52 PM PST by usafa92 (Ted and Heidi = Jim and Tammy Faye)
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... Like his pro abortion sister


12 posted on 02/15/2016 7:58:09 PM PST by lonestar67 (Trump is anti-conservative / Cruz 2016)
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You can wish in one hand and sh+t in the other and see which one is fuller.


13 posted on 02/15/2016 8:00:42 PM PST by optiguy
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To: Bubbette

An obvious constitutional justification for overturning Obamacare is not any kind of obvious slam dunk.

Clarence Thomas went further off the rails when he said the 1st amendment protected “virtual” child porn.


14 posted on 02/15/2016 8:01:34 PM PST by JediJones (RUSH LIMBAUGH on TED CRUZ: "This is the closest in our lifetimes we have ever been to Ronald Reagan")
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To: napscoordinator

Cruz has no negatives.

Trump has more negatives than Swiss Cheese has cheese.


15 posted on 02/15/2016 8:03:11 PM PST by JediJones (RUSH LIMBAUGH on TED CRUZ: "This is the closest in our lifetimes we have ever been to Ronald Reagan")
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Oh God. Wake the hell up. Being Cruz is a negative. He is the most disliked person on the planet.


16 posted on 02/15/2016 8:03:57 PM PST by napscoordinator
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Cute.


17 posted on 02/15/2016 8:04:32 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Helicondelta

How many times have you posted that? Do you get “hit” points for each time?


18 posted on 02/15/2016 8:05:02 PM PST by jstaff
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Whoever stops obams from appointing anyone, gets my vote. I think it will come down to the candidates applying the pressure to congress that they’d better stop him this time.. or else. This happens to be more important than any other item so far. Scalia was so perfect for what this country needed, that I don’t know if they can find one equal. But obams is so far gone that he’d do the most damage he could. They cannot let him do this.. it would be the finisher of all we hold dear and there’d be no turning it around... unless we had a coup and everything/everyone was thrown out.. absolutely start over again with the one document.. the Constitution.. a real leader/leaders, and build from there.


19 posted on 02/15/2016 8:06:17 PM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: napscoordinator
Incorrect. Trump is the most unpopular, disliked politician running on either side of the aisle this year. Time to get over your unrequited man-crush, remove the beer goggles and stop lying to protect your Trumpy hunny.


20 posted on 02/15/2016 8:06:34 PM PST by JediJones (RUSH LIMBAUGH on TED CRUZ: "This is the closest in our lifetimes we have ever been to Ronald Reagan")
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