I was going to send compliments too. And now that I see you have, I will pile on.
It has a marvelous piece of insight, well stated to boot.
I'm not concerned about the social conservative bona fides of a president. It's locales, states, congress and the courts that have been undercutting conservative values on the social front. I don't think Trump is of a mind to nominate activist judges.
Trump has said more than once that his Favorite SCOTUS Justice is Clarence Thomas. He has also mentioned Justice Scalia. I would think that Cruz would agree with both.
If Cruz doesn’t get the Nomination, I would hope someday I could say that Ted Cruz is my Favorite Supreme Court Justice, make that Chief Justice.