Cruz for Supreme court...

weso1

weso1

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Makes a lot of sense. Virtually every senator hates him and wants him out of the senate. Confirmation should be a breeze.
 
I have insulted Rafael before and will probably continue to do so. To me he's a snake in human form, from a personality standpoint. I do want to say this, although I detest him on a personal level there isn't any question about his education and professional credentials for a SCOTUS position. Enjoy this wes, it's the closest to a compliment he'll ever get from me. :)
 
Hawk said:
What makes you think that?
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Senators tend not to deny other senators' confirmation for karmic reasons, and the senate legitimately hates Cruz and wants him out. Also, Cruz is clearly qualified and probably doesn't have a huge controversy otherwise it would have already come out.
 
It's a win win for Cruz and Trump. Cruz won't defy him in the Senate and Cruz won't ever have to deal directly with Trump ever again.
 
Oklahomahawk said:
I have insulted Rafael before and will probably continue to do so. To me he's a snake in human form, from a personality standpoint. I do want to say this, although I detest him on a personal level there isn't any question about his education and professional credentials for a SCOTUS position. Enjoy this wes, it's the closest to a compliment he'll ever get from me. :)
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I personally don't think he's a snake even though he clearly plays the game, but even if he is a snake, his arguments are what they are. He's willing to debate you. He's more than willing to listen to your arguments.
 
weso1 said:
Senators tend not to deny other senators' confirmation for karmic reasons, and the senate legitimately hates Cruz and wants him out. Also, Cruz is clearly qualified and probably doesn't have a huge controversy otherwise it would have already come out.
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I don't know much about the Senators confirming Senators thing, and agree he's qualified, but your third point is the problematic one to me. If you look at confirmation history over the past several decades, starting with Robert Bork as a glaring example, but most recently with Alito and Sotomayor, you see that the more 'evidence' publicly available about a nominee's belief system outside of casework the more contentious the hearings are. There are no question marks with Cruz - you know exactly how he'll vote and exactly the type of cases he'd desire for the court to take on because he's spoken about them at length during this campaign cycle and during his time in the Senate. I think Democrats would raise Cain about nominating a clear ideologue, and I could see a few Republicans getting antsy as well.
 
Hawk said:
I don't know much about the Senators confirming Senators thing, and agree he's qualified, but your third point is the problematic one to me. If you look at confirmation history over the past several decades, starting with Robert Bork as a glaring example, but most recently with Alito and Sotomayor, you see that the more 'evidence' publicly available about a nominee's belief system outside of casework the more contentious the hearings are. There are no question marks with Cruz - you know exactly how he'll vote and exactly the type of cases he'd desire for the court to take on because he spoke about them at length during this campaign cycle and during his time in the Senate. I think Democrats would raise Cain about nominating a clear ideologue, and I could see a few Republicans getting antsy as well.
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I'm thinking that it won't come to that though, because they want Cruz out of the senate and it doesn't fit their best interests potentially in the long run. I agree that Cruz's ideology would normally be a problem.
 
Hawk said:
I don't know much about the Senators confirming Senators thing, and agree he's qualified, but your third point is the problematic one to me. If you look at confirmation history over the past several decades, starting with Robert Bork as a glaring example, but most recently with Alito and Sotomayor, you see that the more 'evidence' publicly available about a nominee's belief system outside of casework the more contentious the hearings are. There are no question marks with Cruz - you know exactly how he'll vote and exactly the type of cases he'd desire for the court to take on because he spoke about them at length during this campaign cycle and during his time in the Senate. I think Democrats would raise Cain about nominating a clear ideologue, and I could see a few Republicans getting antsy as well.
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Who held the Senate and the Presidency in those cases? Opposing parties? And again, don't discount the desire that senators on both sides of the aisle would have to get rid of Cruz.
 
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