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CATO Institute & Daily Caller Declares Foreign-Born Persons Eligible To Be President
Obama Release Your Records ^ | 8-27-2013 | llya Shapiro

Posted on 08/27/2013 2:27:12 PM PDT by Cold Case Posse Supporter

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To: JCBreckenridge
False. He’s a natural born citizen of Canada, by virtue of having been born in Alberta.

BS troll.

Your boy Obama is not a NBC even IF he was born in Hawaii, nice try.

21 posted on 08/27/2013 3:36:49 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: SeminoleCounty

CAT , I meant CATO


22 posted on 08/27/2013 3:37:36 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (You cannot be conservative while supporting the bankruptcy of your nation)
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To: campaignPete R-CT; Cold Case Posse Supporter

CCP does some solid work here, you’re barking up the wrong tree.


23 posted on 08/27/2013 3:38:17 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: wideminded

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Is that YOU, Barack???? Born in Hawaii??....HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAhAhahaha Yeah.....right. Guess you are calling his GRANDMA a LIAR!!!


24 posted on 08/27/2013 3:40:11 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Cold Case Posse Supporter

That this makes Obama OK to be Prez!!


25 posted on 08/27/2013 3:40:44 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Menehune56
but I’m afraid that there are probably enough diehard “birthers” to make his path to victory problematic.

Wow, imagine that, those who support the Constitution and its original intent are now denigrated because we don't support the questionable candidate de jour....on FR of all places.

Why don't we give Cruz a little time to EARN his bonifides instead of lapping at his feet because he's dishing up some red meat?

I don't know about you, but in the words of Eddie Murphy, I ain't falling for the banana in the tail pipe trick again.

Time will tell.

26 posted on 08/27/2013 3:45:15 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Cold Case Posse Supporter
The posterity of We the People are the nation's natural born citizens.

-PJ

27 posted on 08/27/2013 3:47:07 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Except that does not pass the intent of the Founding Fathers. What if Cruz becomes POTUS and a dust up occurs between the US and Canada, trade deals, business deals or what ever. Could Cruz be viewed as having a bias, perhaps a soft spot for his birth place? Maybe he has a loyalty maybe he doesn’t, but it could easily be argued there is a conflict of interest there, something we should strive to avoid as the Founder did.

I believe Cruz is loyal to the US. In fact nothing in his behavior would suggest otherwise. Meanwhile most other pols in Washington serve the anti American media and the foreign interests that control the media.

Except that does not pass the intent of the Founding Fathers.

About the Founders and being NBC, they thought this... "the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens".

28 posted on 08/27/2013 3:51:01 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Cold Case Posse Supporter; little jeremiah; LucyT; American Constitutionalist; butterdezillion; ...
As a self-described constitutionalist, I'm teed off at any "conservative" who is erroneously claiming that Cruz a Natural Born Citizen. The definition of NBC, as understood by the framers, is the Vattel definition: born under the flag of the nation to parents both of whom were citizens of that nation at the time of the birth. Cruz clearly does not qualify on two counts. He is a citizen at birth, but not a Natural Born Citizen. The latter is a subset of the former.

I just don't understand this Cruz for President infatuation - over a man who has been in federal public office for less than a year - when yet another clause of the Constitution has to be turned on its head in order for it to work. Cruz is a good guy, but as Theodore Roosevelt famously said, NO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land!

There are a number of other good Republican candidates for the White House in 2016 who are head and shoulders above anything the 'Rats can offer and who pass the Natural Born Citizen test with flying colors.

Conform to the Constitution and pick an outstanding and constitutionally eligible candidate for the POTUS in 2016, and let Ted Cruz serve with distinction in the Senate for many years to come.

29 posted on 08/27/2013 3:54:33 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: Cold Case Posse Supporter
He is a dual Citizen with born allegiances to two sovereignties.

Kook alert.

30 posted on 08/27/2013 3:56:04 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Cold Case Posse Supporter
Simply for what it is worth.

Wikipedia quote is that "A person of exceptional merit, generally a non-United States citizen may, be declared an Honorary Citizen of the United States by an act of Congress, or by a proclamation by the President of the United States.....

Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim, England in the year 1874. His father was Lord Randolph Churchill. His mother was the former Jenny Jerome of Brooklyn, New York.

Winston Churchill was declared an honorary citizen of the United States, by a proclamation delivered by President John F. Kennedy.

I would presume then, that Winston was not considered an American citizen, let alone a natural born citizen. His mother then, could not give him citizenship if this was the case.

31 posted on 08/27/2013 3:56:19 PM PDT by Peter Libra
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To: FreeReign
I believe Cruz is loyal to the US. In fact nothing in his behavior would suggest otherwise. Meanwhile most other pols in Washington serve the anti American media and the foreign interests that control the media. ,P>I tend to agree...for now. How many times have we been thrilled to have some one who finally get's, then to only turn after sampling the Potomac wine?

I like Cruz, don't get me wrong, but I'll jump on his ship after and when in time he has proved his self to my satisfaction.

"the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens".

And that is not relevant, Cruz has only one parent Citizen. Besides, they rescinded that in 1795.

If Congress has to determine by statute who is NBC, then said person is not Natural Born, are they.

32 posted on 08/27/2013 4:01:18 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

FYI ping!


33 posted on 08/27/2013 4:04:29 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Timber Rattler

It’s true.


34 posted on 08/27/2013 4:04:56 PM PDT by Cold Case Posse Supporter
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To: JCBreckenridge
False. He’s a natural born citizen of Canada, by virtue of having been born in Alberta.

You are wrong, sir.

By renouncing his Canadian citizenship, he is a bona fide natural born citizen of the United States. The term refers to loyalty as well as geography. Study up.

35 posted on 08/27/2013 4:05:42 PM PDT by BfloGuy (People who know what theyÂ’re talking about donÂ’t need PowerPoint.)
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To: Menehune56

” What I’d love to see Ted Cruz do is use his possible candidacy as a teachable moment - releasing his college funding records for example”

Now that I would love to see. Doing that would really get under Obama’s skin as well as his supporters because it would raise the issue why he never has released them.


36 posted on 08/27/2013 4:08:34 PM PDT by Cold Case Posse Supporter
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To: campaignPete R-CT

Irrelevant!


37 posted on 08/27/2013 4:09:58 PM PDT by Cold Case Posse Supporter
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To: Las Vegas Ron
"the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens".

And that is not relevant, Cruz has only one parent Citizen.

I was only addressing the foreign soil issue.

Besides, they rescinded that in 1795.

The 1790 Act (and the 1795 Act) were about Naturalization. Since NBC can't be legislated, the 1790 Act simply gives an indication of who the Founders thought were NBC.

If Congress has to determine by statute who is NBC, then said person is not Natural Born, are they.

See above comment.

38 posted on 08/27/2013 4:11:33 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

“About the Founders and being NBC, they thought this... “the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens”.

And then they repealed it 5 years later and removed the natural born Citizen language.


39 posted on 08/27/2013 4:11:54 PM PDT by Cold Case Posse Supporter
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To: BfloGuy

“You are wrong, sir.”

No, I’m not wrong. I’m entirely correct.

“By renouncing his Canadian citizenship”

Again. Ted Cruz obtained three citizenships. One, by his birthright, he’s a Canadian citizen. He has access to Canadian health care, the pension system up there. Everything, that most Americans do not have access, Ted has access to.

Two, he has Cuban citizenship by being the son of a Cuban national born in Cuba.

Three, he has American citizensy by being the son of an American national born in the United states.

So while it is correct that he’s been an American citizen - he is not a natural born American. His citizenship to Canada takes precedence, and his American citizenship is actually third - since most systems regard the father’s nationality as more important than the mothers.

“The term refers to loyalty as well as geography.”

Horsecrap. The constitution is explicit. Born on American soil. Nothing else qualifies. You can be a helluva patriot but you’re not a natural born American citizen unless born on American soil.


40 posted on 08/27/2013 4:13:13 PM PDT by JCBreckenridge
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