Posted on 03/01/2016 8:25:22 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
During an interview for Face the Nation, host John Dickerson asked Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) if he would consider accepting the vacant spot on the Supreme Court after the sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. This comes after Republican presidential candidates and Republican members of the senate have vowed not to approve anyone President Obama nominates during his last year in office.
"That is not a job I'm interested in." Cruz said and added, "The job I'm interested in is appointing 3, 4, 5 Supreme Court justices, is defending the constitution."
The Texas senator vowed that as president he would reverse the damages done by Barack Obama and that he would be "faithful and vigorous defending the constitution."
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Thank God that corrupt scumbag isn’t interested in being a Supreme Court Justice...he would be way worse than Roberts...
The Math isn’t there
Too bad he’s not interested, he is eligible for that job.
Actually, I think that was a “yes”. It’s just that he won’t get a real offer until President Trump calls him. Until then, he can keep trying to win the election, and asking for a different job doesn’t help with that.
I think Cruz might have temorarily lost his way in this campaign but he would make a great justice.
It is not an issue of settling. I’m sure he would be happy to take it at some point in his life. But right now he is fully invested in his campaign. It was a weird question. I assume it was an effort to make him look like he was considering dropping out of the race.
He’s more than eligible and would make a great justice. Burning that bridge isn’t good for him. Doubt he will make president. Numbers aren’t there.
He’s not eligible either. Once people have 4 years to think about it, he is screwed on that.
After his Tag teaming with Rubi, ____ teddy, let him rot in the Senate, as a has been.
I notice no one’s interested in ‘dirty tricks’ anymore.
Few are called butt Teddy demands to be king. So dogmatic that he only sponsored and passed into law one bill. Ted will compromise on nothing and therefore has accomplished virtually nothing.
No surprise here.
A guy running for POTUS is not the kind of personality who wants to spend the rest of his life on SCOTUS.
Cruz won’t even be prime POTUS age for another 3 or 4 campaign cycles.
Glad he’s not interested. That will fit nicely with the offers he is not going to get, based on all those decisions he hasn’t written.
Nope it's not, even if he was nominated there is no way the Dems or the backstabbing reprobates in the GOPe (who all hate him anyway) would confirm him.
After watching him on the campaign, I dont think he would be a very good choice. Tends to stretch the truth a bit.
DR Kevin Gutzman would be the best choice of all. Of course, the supporters of the one mentioned above, would slander him like they slander everyone else.
BTW! To you Cruz supporters who say you will not vote for a candidate Trump. You will be culpable of letting a admiited felon and traitor into the White House if she gets elected. You will be as big a criminal as she. You never admired Reagan as he would have supported the nomination of who ever got the nomination on the GOP side.
If all the other senators are supposed to hate him ...
Jeez. Get a freaking grip.
The tear down of conservatives this election cycle is gross. I got off the Trump train when he decided to go down that road. This type of ridiculous attack makes matter worse and makes me question even supporting Trump in the general. He would still have my vote today, but it is approaching McCain level of excitement level...better than the alternative.
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