He's got the money, the best lawyers, and he's stated over and over again that he could sue Cruz, so he must have standing.
Let's put an end to this business if it's so "cut and dried".
“Let’s put an end to this business if it’s so “cut and dried”.”
It’s not so cut and dried because of the corrupt and incompetent judiciary. I had a long discussion with one of the GOP attorneys at a recent GOP event about the Cruz eligibility issue. When the debate reached the point of invalidating each of his claims for eligibility of Cruz, McCain, Rubio, and Cruz; the attorney resorted to the time honored lawyer practice of changing the subject to the notion a present day judge doesn’t care what “some old dead guys had to say” and contended he and the judges were only interested in what the “people” of today wanted. In other words, he resorted to the practice of saying the law of today is whatever they want it to be and have the power to rule it to be without regard for what some old dead guys had to say about it. Their claims that Cruz, Obama, and the others are natural born citizens comes down to a raw exercise of power in defiance of the precedent rule of law with the exception of any points of law they think can be used to buttress their present day argument and spin on the subject.
Presumably Trump is well acquainted with how these lawyers think and work, so he is not going to risk his opportunity to gain a broad political power capable of changing some of the corruption when it appears the contest against ineligibility is already firmly and corruptly fixed against the plaintiff.
Whether it is Trump or someone else, the person wanting to reverse the endemic corruption needs the support of the citizen voters and allies in the legislatures and the judiciary who are ready, willing, able, and uncorrupt enough to do the job.
I agree with your sentiments and with the let’s get ‘er done vibe. I believe the original definition taken by the Founders from Vattel and common law is best for America: two citizen parents, American soil. It may disenfranchise a few travelers or people temporarily abroad but erects a blockade on foreign influence for all but the most forward planning of enemies.
However what is as important to me is the effect on America from having part of the Constitution flaunted. It sets us against each other, people don’t know what to believe. This ambiguity where people get away with what they can and others turn a blind or smug eye, creates an atmosphere that encourages disregard for the law in other instances and breaks down the bonds we share as Americans. I think we should follow the Constitution or amend it with a chance for all Americans to vote on the question. It has gotten so that I don’t trust the Supreme Court, I feel that some are vulnerable to blackmail or greed and some have agendas. I am glad to have met you.