Mark Levin's Tortured Defense of Cruz Eligibility

Trump Campaign Analysis Blog ^ | 1/16/2016 | Greg Buls

[Ray76]

See Amend. 23

[P-Marlowe]

I always look to later amendments to find the intentions of the framers. Don’t you?

[Ray76]

It is an Amendment adopted as the Framers intended.

[P-Marlowe]

So was the 16th. How’d that work out?

[Ray76]

You are making it difficult to believe that you want serious discussion.

If you do intend to have a serious discussion then please stay on topic.

[WENDLE]

George WILL— Beck. These are the new “Think for every conservative” geniuses .
Kauthammer is trying desperately to gain forgiveness. His contrition is obsequious now.
I heard George Will on Mike Wallace Sunday and he is doubled down and really looks sad. He knows he is finished. He can’t admit he was wrong even thought he was wrong.
Steve Hayes is a little more circumspect and not so much doctrinaire but then he is paid by Roger Ailes who wants to control the candidate. But he can’t control Trump. That is what makes me love the Trump candidacy.

[fatez]

Cruz is the candidate I support, but he may not be eligible. I think it does need to be looked at and I think it is. But my question at large to Freepers is "how can a so called conservative give money to Al Sharpton and Hillary Clinton?".

I keep hearing the defense of pay to play but I thought conservatives deeply believed in the rule of law and principles before profit, at least we use too...

[Theodore R.]

The definition is not in the Constitution itself. All the other matter submitted is subject to varying interpretation.

[ml/nj]

"Year" is not defined either. Do you think "year" is subject to varying interpretation too?

ML/NJ

[AdaGray]

Steve Hayes has gone from saying Trump can never get the nomination, to now saying Trump can never win. I am so thankful that Trump has upset the apple cart and revealed these ‘insiders’ to be the snarky elitists that they are. In less than a year, they have all lost their former stature.

[Political Junkie Too]

Obviously, I, and any other thinking, patriotic person would pick: l. Child of citizen mother and citizen father, born in the United States. (natural born citizen)

I could be convinced to accept #4:

4. Child of citizen mother and citizen father, born outside the United States. (McCain's case)

with the following proviso:

a) the parents are not permanent resident aliens in the foreign country (a foreign "green card")
b) except if one parent is a working spouse for someone deployed or working for the government.

This has several implications:

• If a family or individual goes overseas for a private business for some period of time and has a child, that child will be a naturalized citizen.
• If a family or individual goes overseas on a diplomatic assignment or military deployment in the service of their country, that child will be a natural born citizen. They are considered to still be within the sovereignty of the United States.
• If a family or individual goes overseas on a short-term tourist, student, or specialty service visa, that child will be a natural born citizen, unless the person violates the visa and fails to return.

This protects soldiers, diplomats, and the casual citizen who happens to be elsewhere during childbirth. Obviously, this protects women more than men. Consider the following scenarios:

• A woman is deployed overseas after getting pregnant, and has the child in another country. The child is a natural born citizen.
• A man is deployed overseas and the wife stays home and has a baby. No change, the child is a natural born citizen.
• A man is living overseas working for a corporation as an ex-pat. His wife stays behind and has a baby in the United States. No change, the child is a natural born citizen.
• A spouse moves the family overseas working for a corporation as an ex-pat, and the wife has a baby overseas. The child is a naturalized citizen.
• A naturalized Indian family travels back to India to have the baby near grandparents, and then returns to the United States when the baby is old enough to travel. The child is a natural born citizen.

Obviously, this would all require an amendment to put in place the citizen statuses of all nine types of children, reserving #1 and #4+proviso for natural born status. Article II Section 1 would remain unchanged.

-PJ

[Theodore R.]

Somehow probably in two weeks they will try to jump start the Jebbie campaign and get Barbara all excited for a couple of days.

[WENDLE]

They will do everything they can to stop this great man. I heard them tonight trying but failing to hurt trumps self defense from the cruz attacks on Trumps State and his MOTHER!! Cruz has blown it ( and he is not eligible under the constitution-— born in Canada!!!)

[mouse1]

I agree Cruz’s citizenship needs to be settled, sooner than later. There is no question Cruz is the most conservative candidate, both fiscally and morally. Trumps past words and actions make me wonder how he would govern. OTOH, he
appears to have done a wonderful job raising his children. It’s obvious both men have a deep love for our Country.

I was trying to make a point. If I say Cruz was born in Canada, someone will say “Trump supports abortion”. Doesn’t change the fact, Cruz was still born in Canada. If I say Trump has New York values, someone will say “Cruz took out loans from GS and lied”. Doesn’t change the fact, Trump still has New York Values.

I guess that is why it is called the “silly season”!

[AdaGray]

How quickly all these pundits have marginalized themselves.