By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--May 13, 2016
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Well, that's ...unfortunate.
One of the GOP's "unification dreams" was the hope that their presumptive nominee would promise to nominate Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court once he was elected president. It seemed like such a good idea that no one really gave much thought to whether or not Cruz would actually want the job."That is not a desire of my heart," Cruz said during an interview with WBAP in Texas when asked if he had aspirations to become a justice. "I have had several opportunities in the past to go to the bench, and I certainly deeply respect the job the justices do," Cruz said. "I think we need a strong conservative president who will appoint not just one but two, three, four five Supreme Court justices who are principled constitutionalists," Cruz said Friday. But the Texas senator indicated he's more interested in staying in Congress. "I believe that I can do a great more good fighting across the political spectrum," Cruz said, calling for "leadership" to repeal ObamaCare, abolish the IRS and fight "radical Islamic terrorism."This is a bummer for a few reasons, but the biggest is that the SCOTUS would appear to be the perfect place for a strict constructionist like the Texas Senator. It's hard to imagine a better fit, just as it's almost impossible to envision Cruz doing more important work than shoring up the principles contained in our battered founding documents. If he thinks he can do that in the Senate, more power to him. ...But the last 30 years should serve as a sobering reminder that Congress has proven woefully ill-equipped, and usually disinterested, when it comes to preserving and expanding our rights.
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