Ted Cruz became a Senate ally after President Trump beat him to the 2016 nominationPresident Trump named three supportive Republican senators yesterday, including Ted Cruz of Texas, on an updated list of candidates for a lifetime seat on the US Supreme Court. Mr Trump announced a further 20 names to add to the 21 he released in his 2016 campaign, which advisers believe helped to focus voters on the significant role of a president in shaping the nine-member court that decides America’s most important cases. During his presidency Mr Trump named two new justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, helping to shift the balance of the court to the right. He said he expected up to four seats to become vacant in the next four years, seeking to make it a decisive issue in the US election and challenging

Source: The Times September 10, 2020 08:03 UTC