[CA Conservative]

The issue with Obama was not that his mother wasn't an American citizen. It was that at that time, the law stated that a US citizen who was the parent of a child born outside of the US had to have lived in the US for a certain number of years after turning 18 and prior to the birth of the child in order for the child to be a US citizen by birth. Obama's mother did not meet the age requirement at the time of his birth, so if Obama was NOT born in Hawaii, he would not have been a US Citizen at birth according to that law (at least according to some legal opinions). But that only applies if he was born in Kenya.

With regard to Cruz, his mother had lived in the US the requisite number of years after reaching 18 before Ted was born. So even though he was born in Canada, he obtained US citizenship at birth through his mother.

Now there are some concern trolls here that are trying to argue that this does not constitute a "natural born citizen". But since the majority of constitutional lawyers that have opined on the matter have stated that Cruz is qualified, and since probably no one has standing to litigate the matter anyway, this is just a smokescreen thrown up by liberals and by supporters of other candidates to try to discourage people from supporting Ted.

[trisham]

Thank you.

[Shimmer1]

Have you noticed that BD45 only hears what he wants to hear, and only believes what he already believed? We are wasting our time here.