Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, vocalized support for friend and fellow senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, to be nominated to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, after it was announced Justice Anthony Kennedy would be retiring.
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ICYMI on @FoxNews: “I think the single best choice that President Trump could make to fill this #SCOTUS vacancy is @SenMikeLee” pic.twitter.com/VKhg4IPnSD
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) June 27, 2018
“I think the single best choice that President Trump could make to fill this vacancy is Sen. Mike Lee,” Cruz said during an appearance on Fox News.
“About half of the nominees Republican presidents have put on the court have turned into trainwrecks, have turned into liberal activists,” Cruz continued. “The reason why I think the best choice that President Trump could make is Mike Lee is because I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Mike Lee would be faithful to the Constitution and Bill of Rights, that he’s not going to evolve.”
Lee, R-Utah, said in a separate interview Wednesday that he would be open to the nomination if President Trump decided to go that route.
Lee: “I started watching Supreme Court arguments for fun when I was 10 years old. So if somebody asked me if I would consider that I would not say no. But the president’s got a decision to make and I trust his ability to make it and make it well.”
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) June 27, 2018
“I started watching Supreme Court arguments for fun when I was 10 years old,” Lee said. “So, if somebody asked me if I would consider that, I would not say no. But the president’s got a decision to make, and I trust his ability to make it and make it well.”
Lee is one of 25 potential candidates on Trump’s shortlist.
Cruz has long supported the idea of Lee joining the Supreme Court. Lee and Cruz both worked as law clerks at the Supreme Court,
