Ted Cruz claims Trump spoke to him ‘seriously’ about filling a Supreme Court vacancy

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsTed Cruz claims Trump spoke to him ‘seriously’ about filling a Supreme Court vacancyPresident Donald Trump appointed three justices in his first term and could fill multiple vacancies in his second if the court’s senior conservatives retireJosh Marcus in San Francisco Thursday 16 April 2026 21:27 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2959355","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ted-cruz-trump-supreme-court-nomination-b2959355.html","title":"Ted Cruz claims Trump spoke to him ‘seriously’ about filling Supreme Court vacancies"}}CloseACLU lawyer 'confident' Supreme Court will 'turn back' Trump's birthright citizenship orderSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingto...