made a pretty odd prediction Thursday: He said he believed there would be a Supreme Court vacancy shortly after Neil Gorsuch's likely confirmation to fill the existing one. “I think we'll have another Supreme Court vacancy this summer,” Cruz said at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). And even if they told other justices, would those justices inform Cruz specifically of their colleagues' plans? If we do wind up having a summer court vacancy, Cruz may face questions about how he was aware of something so sensitive. And given, as Cruz notes, that the next vacancy could actually shift the balance of the court — unlike the Scalia/Gorsuch switch — that's a very real concern.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2017 18:08 UTC