embarrass live television saturday night john dickerson fact-checked lie supreme court history ted cruz show shame repeat line sunday.the gop debate start saturday night dickerson ask cruz whether president obama able name successor supreme court justice antonin scalia die early day.cruz claim supreme court nominee name lame duck president confirm senate 80 years dickerson however point former president ronald reagan nomination justice anthony kennedy bench 1987 confirm senate 1988 final year reagan presidency thus dickerson catch cruz lie stun candidate silence crowd boo moderator bring pesky facts.during appearance abc week texas senator tell george stephanopoulos lie blame democrats reason kennedy confirm 1988 claim would never happen automatically confirm universally despise nominee robert bork instead reject extremism george senate confirm nominee name final year election year 80 years lame duck president way reason anthony kennedy nominate late democrats senate go defeat two previous nominees robert bork set new standard partisan attack nominee doug ginsburg democrats drag many months make late right court exquisitely balance fact however process supreme court nominations confirmations many presidents nominees reject senate like reagan first nominee fail confirm bottom line cruz still wrong supreme court history.but cruz do upon ask would filibuster anyone president obama nominate fill scalia seat cruz reply absolutely say people decide fill seat elect next president decision people george get election know democrats wait stand stage hillary clinton bernie sanders take case people vision supreme court want let election decide democrats want replace nominee need win election video via abc abc break news late news videosthis particularly hard argument make since americans elect president obama full four year second term 2012 five million vote president obama nearly full year leave office absolutely absurd mention admission republican refuse constitutional duty suggest president obama force america wait full year supreme court function full nine member bench president obama earn right nominate supreme court justice 2012 election ted cruz republican comrades need get damn job feature image via video screen capture ted cruz repeat lie scotus nominations vow block anyone obama choose video