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Trump: 'I'd have to think about' Cruz for Supreme Court
The Hill ^ | 5/2/2016 | Jesse Byrnes

Posted on 05/02/2016 6:33:23 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Donald Trump had a tepid response when asked if he would consider GOP presidential rival Ted Cruz for the Supreme Court, should the businessman win the White House.

"I don't know, I'd have to think about it," Trump told the Daily Mail in an interview Monday.

"There's a whole question of uniting and there's a whole question as to temperament," Trump continued. "He's certainly a smart guy, but there's also a temperament issue.

"He's got a tough temperament for what we're talking about," Trump said. "You have to be a very, very smart, rational person, in my opinion, to be a justice of any kind."

Trump told The Washington Post that he plans to announce upward of a dozen judges from which he'd pick to fill Supreme Court vacancies.

Cruz, a former Texas solicitor general, has been mentioned by Republicans as a potential replacement to fill the vacant seat previously held by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday described such a scenario as scary.

For his part, Cruz insisted in March that he was more focused on nominating justices to the court than becoming one.

Trump made his comments to the Mail as he and Cruz battle in Indiana heading into Tuesday's primary in the Hoosier State, a key opportunity to pick up more of the delegates needed to secure the nomination.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; antoninscalia; cruz; election2016; harryreid; nevada; newyork; scotus; trump
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To: tbw2
Cruz has been a strong constitutionalist, and he’d be a better choice than many conservatives appointed by Bush and Reagan who then went left.

Constitutionalist as it relates to the natural born citizen part?

161 posted on 05/02/2016 8:11:15 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: tbw2

How can a Constitutionalist vote for the destruction of American Sovereignty?
How can a Constitutionalist vote AGAINST the duties assigned to the Senate by the Constitution?
How can a Constitutionalist claim to be a natural born citizen of the United States when he KNOWS he is a citizen of Canada?
How can a Constitutionalist support GLOBALISM?
That’s just for starters.....................


162 posted on 05/02/2016 8:12:24 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Ted Cruz is the reason we are stuck with Obamacare. He hand picked his pal Roberts acting as solicitor general under Bush.....and he still claims to be an ‘outsider’...

How anyone can’t see through Ted’s preachy, condescending self righteous speech is beyond me!


163 posted on 05/02/2016 8:12:33 PM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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Cruz is unsuitable for the Supreme Court, POTUS and quite possibly the Senate at this point. I think he’s losing his grip on reality.


164 posted on 05/02/2016 8:12:34 PM PDT by Jenny217
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

A Justice Cruz would be for sale. He would join a long, long line of Republican appointees who gained a Strange New Respect by Growing in Office.


165 posted on 05/02/2016 8:13:18 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: bobo1
The corrupt establishment i.e. John Boehner types (a golfing and texting buddy of Trump) are a problem, yet you insist that Cruz is GOPe?

Boehner is the one who said he was a golf and texting buddy, not Trump. However, Ted did side with the GOPe.

166 posted on 05/02/2016 8:14:28 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: ripnbang

So, you support partial birth abortion?


167 posted on 05/02/2016 8:14:43 PM PDT by bobo1 (Truth has but only one voice.)
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To: Brilliant

Obama has ADD. 99% of USSC cases are dry as dust. Obama would quit after six weeks.


168 posted on 05/02/2016 8:16:01 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: ripnbang

Ted’s not GOPe. Neither am I. At this point, everyone should be striving for unity, yet I don’t see it happening here.


169 posted on 05/02/2016 8:17:14 PM PDT by bobo1 (Truth has but only one voice.)
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To: nopardons

We agree! NEVER AGAIN!


170 posted on 05/02/2016 8:17:17 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Roy Moore for Scotus


171 posted on 05/02/2016 8:17:27 PM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (Levin puts the CON in CONservative..Levin is a big phony -Defeat Cruz/GOPe - Vote Trump)
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To: bigbob

Cruz is, like Soetoro, an ILLEGAL ALIEN. Both should be in prison for usurping the office of US Senator. Soetoro also for usurping the Prrsidency.


172 posted on 05/02/2016 8:18:34 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: bobo1

No, but irrelevant. This is about Cruz’s judgement...or lack thereof as exemplified by this campaign.


173 posted on 05/02/2016 8:18:37 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: bobo1

Let’s start with Ted and his campaign.


174 posted on 05/02/2016 8:19:21 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: ripnbang

Why?


175 posted on 05/02/2016 8:20:03 PM PDT by bobo1 (Truth has but only one voice.)
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To: Cobra64

Yes. That’s exactly what I mean. I support and endorse unethical behavior.

Sheesh....


176 posted on 05/02/2016 8:20:27 PM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: ripnbang

I can say the same thing about Trump, so what’s the point?


177 posted on 05/02/2016 8:21:19 PM PDT by bobo1 (Truth has but only one voice.)
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To: bobo1

I didn’t say you were GOPe. I said Ted was, and you saying he’s not offers no proof he isn’t. However, look at the campaign, his tactics and who he has on board and tell me he’s not GOPe. Ok, I’ll grant you that he’s only GOPe insofar as it helps him. He’s calculating like that.


178 posted on 05/02/2016 8:21:57 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: bobo1

With all due respect, not sure why you keep posting these comments. What is the problem?

If Trump is the GOP nominee, he is well within his purview to state supreme court candidates.

He is not God...Any Supreme Court Candidate would need to be vetted and approved by Senate.


179 posted on 05/02/2016 8:23:05 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Election is about Liberty versus Tyranny and National Sovereignty versus Globalism!!)
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To: arl295

Pressure can bring out the best or worst in people. That is one reason I like to let things play out a bit before I choose someone to support. In the beginning Cruz was on my short list, so was Ben Carson, and Trump.

Cruz has not handled the pressure of the campaign well to say the least, he is losing it. Truly losing it in my opinion and I would not support him for any important position after what I have seen during this campaign.


180 posted on 05/02/2016 8:23:14 PM PDT by Tammy8
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