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Lindsey Graham suggests Ted Cruz for the Supreme Court

matchlight said:
He has argued nine cases before the Supreme Court. That in itself is evidence he has a superior legal mind.
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Arguing 9 cases before the Supreme Court WELL would be be, but I dont seem to recall ever hearing that he has..

Have you?
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Arguing 9 cases before the Supreme Court WELL would be be, but I dont seem to recall ever hearing that he has..

Have you?
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Like major league baseball, you don't get there at all unless you are the cream of the crop. Only lawyers who have the skills to argue cases very well, both in their briefs and orally, ever get the chance to stand there in front of those justices. And once they are there, they can expect to be interrupted, time and again, with very hard questioning from one justice after another. Not for beginners.
 
Mac77 said:
Ted Cruz argued before the US Supreme Court nine times — here’s what happened
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On the first Monday in October 2003, as the Supreme Court began a new term, a 32-year-old lawyer who then called himself R. Edward Cruz made his first appearance before the justices. It did not go well.

“The justices were ripping me limb from limb,” Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, would later write. “I felt like a chunk of tuna thrown to a school of sharks.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/u...t-a-connection-to-the-supreme-court.html?_r=0

He argued eight more cases before the court. As time went on, he grew more polished and won significant victories, though he had trouble capturing the often crucial vote of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

If Mr. Cruz was more apt to debate than to persuade, that was part of his plan. He used his five years as solicitor general, from 2003 to 2008, to build an office dedicated to pursuing conservative principles and to elevate his public profile. He argued cases on the death penalty, voting rights and international relations, and he filed supporting briefs defending gun rights and the Pledge of Allegiance.
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See this is the lifelong pattern of Cruz, he loves to be in your face arguing with you, but as for being good at it, as for loving the law, the evidence is scant.

He showed promise at law school, he put in some years as an appellate lawyer and was building a rep, then he bailed, eventually becoming a senator in the style of Crazy Bernie, always arguing, seldom winning.

I am to believe that he is a great legal mind suitable for starting the much needed project of restocking a very weak SCOTUS bench?

I dont think so.
 
Mac77 said:
Do not equate the Bible with the koran

America was founded by Christians on Christian principles.

Cruz supports limited government so his religious views should not be an issue in his decisions
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Not according to his own words.
 
Coldwine said:
I'd rather see the Supreme Court burn down than see Lyin' Ted sitting on the Bench. And I'm as ardent a Trump supporter as you'll find.
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Cruz has a lot of brain power. He was one of the brightest students at Harvard Law School. The conservative wing might as well be called the intellectual wing of the Supreme Court. With the left you have blatantly unqualified lefties that have an unusual way of interpreting the Constitution.
 
Bucky said:
Cruz has a lot of brain power.
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No evidence indicates that.
He was one of the brightest students at Harvard Law School.
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No evidence indicates that.
The conservative wing might as well be called the intellectual wing of the Supreme Court.
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Perhaps to someone who didn't understand what 'intellectual' means, but to not any rational adult who does.
With the left you have blatantly unqualified lefties that have an unusual way of interpreting the Constitution.
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Such an active imagination you have. Must be fun.
 
Tanngrisnir said:
No evidence indicates that.

No evidence indicates that.

Perhaps to someone who didn't understand what 'intellectual' means, but to not any rational adult who does.

Such an active imagination you have. Must be fun.
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He was the valedictorian of Harvard law and many of his professors stated he had the most brilliant mind they ever met - Lawrence Tribe, Alan Shapiro, etc...

He clerked under William Rehnquist and has proven time and time again, he is the most intellectually brilliant senator in the United States.
 
Bucky said:
He was the valedictorian of Harvard law and many of his professors stated he had the most brilliant mind they ever met - Lawrence Tribe, Alan Shapiro, etc...

He clerked under William Rehnquist and has proven time and time again, he is the most intellectually brilliant senator in the United States.
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Yawn. I'm sorry, but opinion simply isn't fact, no matter how much you wish it were. The man is an unhinged loon who believes in magic.

And, no, he was valedictorian of his high school, not Harvard Law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz
 
Excellent idea and Cruz would be the equal of Scalia - but he's way to attracted to the spotlight.
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/u...t-a-connection-to-the-supreme-court.html?_r=0



See this is the lifelong pattern of Cruz, he loves to be in your face arguing with you, but as for being good at it, as for loving the law, the evidence is scant.

He showed promise at law school, he put in some years as an appellate lawyer and was building a rep, then he bailed, eventually becoming a senator in the style of Crazy Bernie, always arguing, seldom winning.

I am to believe that he is a great legal mind suitable for starting the much needed project of restocking a very weak SCOTUS bench?

I dont think so.
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Nine appearances before the court is what you asked for and its what you got.

Those are facts.

The decisions he won are fact

The far left New York Times opinion about his personality is not
 
Mac77 said:
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Nine appearances before the court is what you asked for and its what you got.

Those are facts.

The decisions he won are fact

The far left New York Times opinion about his personality is not
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Spending 30 minutes or whatever arguing in front of a court does not by any stretch of the imagination make one suitable for sitting on said court.
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
Spending 30 minutes or whatever arguing in front of a court does not by any stretch of the imagination make one suitable for sitting on said court.
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I imagine cruz spent hundreds of hours preparing for the 30 minutes in court.

But he was there 9 times so you really mean 270 minutes and thousands of hours of study
 
Mac77 said:
I imagine cruz spent hundreds of hours preparing for the 30 minutes in court.

But he was there 9 times so you really mean 270 minutes and thousands of hours of study
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No, I kinda think the entire number of minutes that he has argued in front of this court over his lifetime is around 30, though I am guessing.
 
Geoist said:
It would be an incredibly dumb selection. Much of Congress cannot stand Cruz, and that includes Republicans. What exactly can be gained by selecting Cruz? Graham is officially off his rocker and needs to go, already.
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Did you vote for trump?
 
Mac77 said:
That figures.

I did vote for trump and I like Cruz for the supreme cpurt
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What does that have to do with anything I said? Is Cruz popular with Congress, yes or no? Nevermind the fact Trump hates Cruz's guts.
 
Geoist said:
What does that have to do with anything I said? Is Cruz popular with Congress, yes or no? Nevermind the fact Trump hates Cruz's guts.
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It means there are a lot of people here and in congress trying to catch up to the trump train who do not really count in the decision

That includes republican senators who used to be anti trumpsters but now have to tow the line.
 
Mac77 said:
It means there are a lot of people here and in congress trying to catch up to the trump train who do not really count in the decision

That includes republican senators who used to be anti trumpsters but now have to tow the line.
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I disagree. I think many establishment Republicans are still very bitter towards Trump. They also don't like Cruz. So please explain how a president-elect who hates Cruz's guts, and knows many in Congress hate his guts, would select him over many other qualified shoo-ins?
 
Geoist said:
I disagree. I think many establishment Republicans are still very bitter towards Trump.

They also don't like Cruz. So please explain how a president-elect who hates Cruz's guts, and knows many in Congress hate his guts, would select him over many other qualified shoo-ins?
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In private perhaps

But in public will do as they are told

At least for a while
 
I would raherr have Judge Judy!!!!!
 
All this speculation stems from a long meeting cruz had with the poeole in Trump Tower

If there is anything to it Trump must really intend to shake up washington
 
Mac77 said:
In private perhaps

But in public will do as they are told

At least for a while
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We will see. This is definitely a unique situation.
 
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