And Then There Were 8
Ted Cruz has himself a silver dollar idea that we can just wait for the Supreme Court to all die off and then be done with them.
In a vintage return to his confrontational style, Sen. Ted Cruz indicated that Republicans could seek to block a Democratic president from filling the vacant Supreme Court seat indefinitely.
Indefinitely is a real long time. That’s a week longer than forever, I think.
Luckily, I don’t suspect Cruz will survive a primary opponent. He’s managed to hack off both sides of the Texas GOP. So, let’s just not fill his seat.
Somebody please give this goober the bum’s rush the next time he’s up for election.
1Fill his seat? Oh yeah. I’d like to “fill his seat” but Momma’s watching so I’ll say no more.
2Article 3 sec 1 of the US Constitution talks about the Supreme Court.
3HORRORS!
Does Rafael Cruz want to shred the Constitution?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Show your documents, Teddie. Prove you are eligible to be a Senator.
4I seem to recall that Cruz (and McCain, also) insisting that they could not possibly vote on any SCOTUS nominee because “the people had the right to decide” It’s looking like the people don’t want the Group Of Perverts selecting the next SC justice.
5I hope Cruz prevails with the GOP. It will be a gift to Hillary and the Dems since this is an issue that is high visibility and since GOP ‘leaders’ are on the record saying the next President should choose.
It sounds as though a lot of GOP women are disillusioned with the party because of its support for predator Trump. The more disillusionment with this phony, creepy party, the better.
6If it is possible to just let the Supreme Court die out, can we do it with the House first?
7Can we fill his seat with IEDs? Please?
8In the last hundred years there have been 51 or 52 vacancies on the The Supreme Court. Only two of those vacancies took over six months to fill. Does anyone know what the heck Teddy is talking about, other than playing partisan politic with the Justice system?
9Tedster, where the bleep did you go to school? Waiting for everyone on the bench to drop dead is not a way to go, Ted.Right now with 8 on the bench, there is really no one to break a tie, so a lot of “decisions” go into statis. The court will always need an odd number for a tie breaker in order to be a really functional court beyond all the unanimous “yea” or “nay” votes that could occur. If one more justice dies off, that leaves seven, the odd number to overcome a tie.
10Republicans just can’t get on the same page when it comes to what to do with the Supreme Court vacancy when Hillary Clinton wins the White House, “with Jeff Flake firing back Thursday at a suggestion by Ted Cruz that the party could indefinitely block any [Clinton] nominee,” Burgess reports. “The internal GOP battle over what to do about Merrick Garland – President Barack Obama’s choice for the court – and any future Clinton nominee will dominate the lame duck session of Congress after the election.”
11http://politi.co/2eU1NnP
as unlikeable as Sen. Cruz is, how does he keep getting elected? with respect to the USSC, unfortunately, the author’s did the GOP a favor, by its wording: with the advice and consent of the Senate. so, by the plain language of the law, the Senate has to approve the nominee, before they can take their seat at the bench.
I understand why the authors did what they did, and I doubt it ever occurred to any of them that one political party would lose its mind, but it is a problem.
12Who’s likely to be his strongest primary opponent? Michael McCaul (my Congressman, sadly), who represents Williamson County and part of Travis taken away from Lloyd Doggett, has been mentioned. His principal criticism of Cruz, that I’m aware of anyway, is that Cruz was slow to support Trump. In other words, while it would be nice to dump Cruz, and I’d be delighted not to be represented by McCaul, they’re both likely to be succeeded by someone just as bad. Are there any D’s who could mount a well-funded campaign?
13Start with giving political IQ tests to Texas voters.
14Wait a minute…the supposed Constitutional Scholar wants to eliminate a branch of our government because he can’t get his way…..How American of him.
15cpinva – Cruz has been elected precisely once, in 2012. He’ll probably be reelected, because Texas. But I’m sure that many voters would drop him like the steaming turd that he is, if offered an alternative.
16I’d like to cruz him off my list.
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