Bingo. My point is that Cruz has not even provided the proof (at least administratively) to establish that he is a U.S. citizen. The CRBA and U.S. passport would satisfy that requirement. NBC is another issue. My contention is that the language stating “acquire citizenship at birth” by it’s plain reading is different than NBC. If you were a NBC there would be no need to acquire citizenship.
Negative on the immigration and lawyer, but AF Finance and Acquisitions background and now corporate finance. Lots of contracts, fine print and details on a daily basis. But this is pretty plain stuff. Ted can silence a lot of the noise with a little effort.
To support his claim Cruz would have to overcome the statute itself, the entire history of U.S. naturalization statutes, the SCOTUS precedent in Bellei, the dicta in Ark, the exemplar case of Churchill, all of which show that he is a citizen by statute, i.e. a naturalized citizen, and not eligible to be President.
| Wonderful background. Thank you for adding real expertise on this subject. Despite the seriousness of this, it's also fascinating to learn about. For 9 years I was U.S. Navy -- ship driver type: San Diego, Hawaii, and Japan. Stationed in Japan in the early 80's. They said: better bring home a souvenir, so I brought home a wife! And praise the Lord, she's been kind enough to put up with me for over 30 years. So my wife has a green card and is studying to get her citizenship now because there are certain advantages if I should die before her. Cheers. |