“Cruz specifically called out Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by George W. Bush,”
That’s pretty hysterical since the reason we have ROBERTS and Obamacare is TED CRUZ! Handpicked and RECRUITED by Cruz, his old friend John Roberts!
http://www.nationalreview.com/node/214989/print
The Right Stuff
John Roberts should be a quick confirm.
By Ted Cruz - July 20, 2005
Trump will appoint his sister.
http://www.hughhewitt.com/senator-ted-cruz-on-scotus-and-the-justices-hed-appoint/
HH: Now let me, this is the hardest question of all. I love talking to Ted Cruz about the Constitution, because it is an elected official speaking about his area of greatest expertise. You know both the Chief Justice, and you know Judge Luttig, as I do.
TC: Yes.
HH: Judge Luttig was the 4th Circuit justice judge who was in the room, and you know, the other one.
TC: Right.
HH: George Bush decided between Luttig and Roberts. If Luttig had been the Chief Justice and not Roberts, does Ted Cruz think that Michael Luttig would have decided the Obamacare decisions and the marriage decisions differently?
TC: Absolutely. There is no doubt in my mind that if J. Michael Luttig were the chief justice that Obamacare would have been struck down three years ago.
This is who Cruz wanted on the court instead of Roberts. When Roberts was chosen to be the nominee, yes Cruz supported him. Nothing in Roberts past suggested that he would make the error he did on Obamacare.
The next president will likely have to replace at least one justice, and there are four or five who could go any time.
Scalia might trust Cruz enough to bow out for a younger conservative replacement, and Ginsburg is rumored to be frail. Thomas is also quite old.
It would take two conservative replacements of liberals to really swing the court, which would likely take two presidential terms. But there is a risk of several coming due. It could easily swing the other way, if two conservatives are replaced by leftists.
No candidate is better suited to make excellent Supreme Court picks than Ted Cruz. I fear that Trump would pick friends or use the appointment as a trading chip in negotiations (no doubt tempting offers will be made). Trump is untested in this regard, but no candidate in the modern era comes with a better track record to support judicial picks than Ted Cruz.
Kagan and Sotomayor will likely be with us for decades. Although Sotomayor is firmly liberal in inclination, from the most heavily Democrat leaning county in the USA (Bronx. N.Y.), Kagan is a red diaper baby, raised by communist collaborators, who is a total hack at the beck and call of the hard left.
Anyone who is not a firmly grounded, principled conservative, will be seduced and bribed to the left over time.
The future of the court could well determine the future of the Republic.
The Freepers here that are now for Trump also used to agree with Cruz on how important the Supreme Court picks are.
The most recent name that Trump is praising is Laurence Tribe. Yesterday on Fox Media Buzz with Howard Kurtz, Trump referred to Tribe as...exact words “ THE WONDERFUL PROFESSOR FROM HARVARD”
A week or so ago he called Tribe “Brilliant”
Trump has to find court picks that are for Eminent Domain and that are pro life Christian Conservatives.. Will that not be tough? He has no legal philosophy as Cruz and Scalia etc, Trump will be all over the place
.. if you believe he has actually had a conversion.. on Christianity, he is only missing one thing, that being a Christian testimony, I am waiting to hear it.
Does he remember the day he asked Jesus into his life... oh no he does not know if he is a sinner, so how can he thank Jesus for dying for his sins?
“In an interview with Bloomberg, the Senator and former solicitor general from Texas said that Republicans are generally bad at picking nominees for the high court, and that he’d be different.
“Unlike many of the other candidates, I will be willing to spend the capital to ensure that every Supreme Court nominee that I put on the court is a principled judicial conservative,” Cruz said. ..”
I LOVE IT!