Ted Cruz Odds of Becoming Supreme Court Justice as He Reveals Trump Chat

The odds of Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas becoming the next Supreme Court justice remain low on a popular betting site, after he said he spoke to President Donald Trump about previous vacancies and declined the opportunity each time. “In the first Trump term, the president spoke to me seriously about all three vacancies, and three times I said no, because I don’t want to be out of the arena of the political battle,” Cruz said during a Wall Street Journal Opinion Live interview. “I think there’s too much need there.” The odds of Cruz becoming the next Supreme Court justice are currently at 9% on Kalshi. Trump floated Cruz’s name as a potential Supreme Court justice during a speech in January at an event where Cruz was in attendance, calling him a “brilliant man.” “If I nominate Ted Cruz for the United States Supreme Court, I will get 100 percent of the vote.