Posted on 02/18/2016 5:51:48 AM PST by GregNH
GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz should recuse himself in any future Senate Judiciary Committee vote on a nominee to replace Antonin Scalia, according to a law professor’s op-ed.
Cruz has a conflict of interest because of questions surrounding his eligibility to serve as president, according to the CNN op-ed by Northwestern University law professor Steven Lubet. Cruz is the only remaining GOP presidential contender with a seat on the committee.
(Excerpt) Read more at abajournal.com ...
Bring the lawsuit Donald.
“Law Professor” is rapidly becoming an oxymoron.
May as well get Revolution II done and over with.
Far too many liberals.
Grasping at straws.....yet the Leftist sheeple will embrace this and believe it.....the ‘Cruz National born citizen’ issue is no where near the SCOTUS.
US Senators are not required to be natural born citizens; only US citizens.
Since there is still a lot of doubt in the country about Obama’s birthplace, he should recuse himself from nominating the commie lib freak that will take Scalia’s seat.
Not this sh!t again.
Will someone PLEASE bring the lawsuit so this idiocy can be shot down once and for all???
Please - we’re begging you now. Either sue or SHUT UP.
‘I’m Donald Trump, and I approved this message....”
So what if this means Obama appoints a radical to replace Scalia and it pushes the country over a cliff.....I’m terrific!!!!
I would think he has an overwhelming duty to his constituents to vote on any such nominee, should they come up for a vote. That duty would be present at that time, not a possible future conflict based on a speculative legal action which may or may not occur.
op-ed does not make it fact
Should african american congresspersons recuse themselves from voting on civil rights legislation?
No, it does not. Regardless of whether he is a NBC for President, he meets the qualifications and requirements to be a US Senator, one whose responsibilities is to assist in providing advisement and consent of nominees- including a Supreme Court Justice.
I am going to vote for Trump in my primary and for Ted in the general if he gets the nomination. But this issue argument is specious and completely diversionary, IMO.
He must recuse. Absolutely...
I took the barking moonbat to be saying Cruz should recuse himself from voting because his status as a candidate for President could come before the Judge he would be voting to confirm.
The law professor is asking for a recusal because Cruz’s NBC status will have to be adjudicated by SCOTUS since the Senate won’t help him out.
Cruz is eligible to be a Senator.
He does not have to be NBC to be a Senator.
It is a non-issue.
This law professor sounds more like an opinion for hire.
Totally bogus argument, Cruz is a sitting US Senator and as such he represents the people of Texas and the people of Texas will have their say in who gets seated on the Supreme Court.
headline is talking about the natural born issue...if it goes to the court.
Is this the American BAR Association? Legal BAR? Or drinking BAR...Sheesh.
Recusal in a situation like this is always a question of judgement. The general rule is that a person who has an interest in the outcome, should not be allowed to pick their own judge, and (in the case of a judge) should not be allowed to decide the case. One who has an interest may or may not be impartial, but in the interest of preserving public trust in "the system," (as well as giving the parties an unbiased shake) that person should step aside from this one decision.
Much as I detest the ABA, it has a point here. Cruz is potentially THE party in the case!
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