Pro-Life Ted Cruz brokering Trump deal for Supreme Court

[corbe]

Pro-Life Ted Cruz brokering Trump deal for Supreme Court

December 12, 2016

A deal is being brokered for Senator Ted Cruz to fill a Supreme Court vacancy in exchange for a pro-Trump replacement in his Texas seat.

•Source: “A deal” is being cut which would see Cruz nominated on the condition that a pro-Trump Republican could be found to replace him in the Senate.
•Unclear whether Cruz would be immediately nominated to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
•Cruz was not on Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court picks vetted by Federalist Society.
•Cruz is currently publicly planning to run for re-election in 2018.
•Source: Privately he's ready and willing to become a Supreme Court Justice.
•Alan Dershowitz on Cruz: “One of the best students I ever had.”
•Source: Cruz is widely praised as a legal scholar and orator, but is disliked by Senate colleagues.

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[corbe]

   Someone stole my dream.
   No new info here, but apparently it is being discussed, particularly by Rebekah Mercer.

[Night Hides Not]

Pipe dream IMO.

[libertybele]

My random thoughts.  If Trump and the GOP don't deliver those in the Senate will go down with the ship and it may impact Cruz negatively in the long run in 2020. I don't forsee Trump running again, but certainly Pence will. I'm not so sure that Cruz would run against Pence, a sitting VP; he may join the ticket at best.  2024 would be Cruz's year to run, but that's a very long ways off.  Obviously he was under enormous pressure to state that he was going to vote for Trump and campaign with Pence.  Trump knows that Cruz is going to be a thorn in his side in the Senate should he not adhere to his promises.  Cruz isn't going to be offered a cabinet position, so the only way that Trump can get him out of the way right now is to offer him a seat on the bench. If Cruz doesn't accept, Trump may keep his promise and see to it that he won't win re-election in the Senate.

Cruz may very well look at being a Supreme Court justice as an opportunity that comes around once in a lifetime at best. Because of the ages of the other justices there will be another opportunity probably sooner than later, but there is not guarantee that Trump/Pence will still be in office, nor is there a guarantee that Trump will appoint another conservative.

[geronl]

Crony, dirty deals

"As long as you vote my way, I'll do it"

[catfish1957]

Cruz isn't going to be offered a cabinet position, so the only way that Trump can get him out of the way right now is to offer him a seat on the bench.
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One of my secret internal thoughts was to make sure I promoted my employees I liked the least to other departments.

Plausible to me.

[Applewood]

Since I don't know who the "source" is, I'm calling this report BS for now.  I'm sure there are plenty of people who want to get Ted Cruz out of the Senate -- particularly his Senate colleagues and others in his party -- so maybe this is all someone's wishful thinking. 

I would rather he stay where he is, if only to annoy the lazy, corrupt lumps in both houses of Congress.  He can be a SCOTUS justice some years later. 

[geronl]

I do not support a President making back-room deals with court nominees

[libertybele]

Since I don't know who the "source" is, I'm calling this report BS for now.  I'm sure there are plenty of people who want to get Ted Cruz out of the Senate -- particularly his Senate colleagues and others in his party -- so maybe this is all someone's wishful thinking. 

I would rather he stay where he is, if only to annoy the lazy, corrupt lumps in both houses of Congress.  He can be a SCOTUS justice some years later.

I would rather Cruz stay where he is as well and run for the presidency in 8 years, but that's a long ways off and the justice position is now; that is if it's even offered to him. Historically, the chance of Republicans taking the presidency 16 years in a row happened from 1869-1885 and only a couple of times have the Republicans taken the presidency 12 years in a row.  Odds are not in Cruz's favor.

[Cripplecreek]

Don't see it happening.

[Longiron]

Since I don't know who the "source" is, I'm calling this report BS for now.  I'm sure there are plenty of people who want to get Ted Cruz out of the Senate -- particularly his Senate colleagues and others in his party -- so maybe this is all someone's wishful thinking. 

I would rather he stay where he is, if only to annoy the lazy, corrupt lumps in both houses of Congress.  He can be a SCOTUS justice some years later.

TRUMP has a lot worse problems in the SENATE than CRUZ. Cruz and DeSantis just introduced a Term Limits  bill. That is the only way you drain the swamp? TRUMP problems in the Senate start with McConnell then goes to McShame, Graham, Rubio, Tomney + and that is just the R 's  They will fight fight him harder than the DEMS. 

[geronl]

Trump wants puppets he can control, pure and simple

[Oceander]

Crony, dirty deals

"As long as you vote my way, I'll do it"

Otherwise known as log-rolling in politics. 

[Hoodat]

•Cruz was not on Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court picks vetted by Federalist Society.

Nor did Trump say he would choose someone from that list.

[montanajoe]

Cruz wants to be POTUS.

Talk Radio/Conservative media is going to have a tough 4 tears generating any interest...

[Emjay]

   Someone stole my dream.
   No new info here, but apparently it is being discussed, particularly by Rebekah Mercer.

Cruz would be a perfect justice but there are plenty of people who could be a good Justice and there's only one Ted Cruz, future president.

[Vulcan]

Trump wants puppets he can control, pure and simple

Exactly.  His inflated ego won't allow for someone like Cruz.