Tonight, you can drink "Scalia's Tears": Malort, Combier, apple bitters, and a bit of salt. For real. @SCOTUS_Scalia pic.twitter.com/l84nhFRvHg
— Geek Bar Chicago (@geekbarchicago) June 26, 2015
… probably not for the same reasons, though. The Washington Post reports on Ted Cruz’s latest cry for attention:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) has proposed a constitutional amendment that would subject Supreme Court justices to periodic judicial elections in the wake of rulings that upheld a key portion of the Affordable Care Act and affirmed gay couples’ right to marriage…
The proposal from Cruz, who once served as Supreme Court clerk, comes as he is trying to position himself as the presidential candidate of choice for conservatives and evangelicals who disagree with the court’s decisions this week. The Texas Republican is using the rulings to paint himself as a stalwart defender of religious freedom, opponent of same-sex marriage and reaffirm his pledge to abolish the Affordable Care Act should he win the presidency…
The Texas Republican, who had a tepid start in Iowa, tried to use Saturday’s speech, titled “Believe Again” as a way to both solidify his presence in the state and as the uncompromising conservative in the 2016 field. Cruz has come up with a new phrase for the institution he said he is fighting: the “Washington cartel,” which he said is comprised by members of both parties, lobbyists, and now Supreme Court justices…
The candidate also hit 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who held a Republican summit earlier this month, for inviting all of the candidates who are “pro-amnesty” on immigration to Utah.
Cruz isn’t running for president now, he’s running for GOP GodKing — aka, Grifter-in-Chief.
Reminds me of my favorite scene in Oliver Stone's Nixon after Supreme Court rules Nixon has to hand over the tapes pic.twitter.com/urKAmqv97t
— Adam Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) June 27, 2015
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