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Is Ted Cruz a natural-born citizen eligible to serve as president? [Yes! And I support him! JimRob]
YAHOO NEWS ^ | 10-29-13 | Sarah Helene Duggin | National Constitution Center

Posted on 10/28/2013 7:19:34 AM PDT by Paul46360

"For Cruz, Schwarzenegger, and a number of other potential candidates, the Natural Born Citizenship Clause raises a critical question: Is anyone born outside the United States constitutionally eligible to serve as president?""

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: born; citizen; cruz; natural; naturalborncitizen
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To: TheRhinelander

Well, if I remember, O’s mother simply wasn’t old enough to satisfy the citizen criterium. So O isn’t a natural born citizen.

No such problem with Cruz.


41 posted on 10/28/2013 7:52:41 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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To: Paul46360

Not that it matters a whole lot but you may want to review this 1000+ post thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3060736/posts?

CATO Institute: Yes, Ted Cruz Can be President


42 posted on 10/28/2013 7:54:36 AM PDT by deport
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To: Paul46360

A person can be either a) a naturalized citizen or b) a citizen at birth who does not require naturalization. There is no in-between. Cruz is the latter.

This thread link is posted on the forum page; you might have missed it.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3060736/posts


43 posted on 10/28/2013 7:55:06 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: Paul46360

No but, I will support him never the less.

He is more American than a good many Americans


44 posted on 10/28/2013 7:55:12 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Paul46360

Aw, jeez... (you know the rest)


45 posted on 10/28/2013 7:58:04 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Paul46360

Notice that Yahoo lumps Cruz with Schwartzenegger, who clearly is ineligible.


46 posted on 10/28/2013 7:58:12 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Servant of the Cross; Paul46360
What is your motivation for debating this question in 2013 on FR?
Paul46360
47 posted on 10/28/2013 7:58:34 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Paul46360

If Obama is considered a citizen, then ANYBODY is considered a citizen. He has basically said anyone who is living in the country is a citizen. So . . . . . . . even Hitler, Stalin, Satan and Obama are American citizens.


48 posted on 10/28/2013 7:58:38 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (I am proud to be a Christian and follower of my Lord Jesus Christ. Time is short for U to know Him!)
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To: Uncle Chip

Sarah ignores that question.

Finally, the natural born citizenship clause is both an anomaly and an anachronism. The way in which the clause differentiates among United States citizens is contrary to the overall spirit of the Constitution; the risk that foreign nobility will infiltrate our government is long past; and place of birth is a poor surrogate for loyalty to one’s homeland in our increasingly mobile society and our ever more interconnected world. The best solution would be to amend the Constitution, as many legislators on both sides of the aisle have proposed over the years. In the absence of an amendment, the clause should be narrowly interpreted.

Sarah Helene Duggin is Professor of Law and Director of the Law and Public Policy Program for the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America. She has authored several academic articles


49 posted on 10/28/2013 7:58:50 AM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: GeorgeTex

“His father’s Kenyan birth should have disqualified him.”

And possibly his adoption by an Indonesian citizen residing in Indonesia.


50 posted on 10/28/2013 8:01:05 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: KarlInOhio
(McCain) was born to two US citizen parents in the US controlled territory of the Panama Canal Zone

IIRC, the progs were making the claim that because McCain was born off the base, in a civilian hospital, he was not eligible. The claim is laughable, as are many of their claims.

51 posted on 10/28/2013 8:01:11 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (0bama lied, Stevens died, now 0bama covers up the lies.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Well J; you’re better than that.

Cruz is not clearly eligible but, he is by oblique reason.

Still, he is stunning as an intellect and embodiment of of American ideals of the past and the necessities of of our future.

I will support him.


53 posted on 10/28/2013 8:01:23 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Paul46360
Rightly or wrongly, the courts have decided that 0bama's U.S. citizen mother conveyed Natural Born Citizenship to him ....

THEREFORE ....

Eleanor Darragh Cruz, mother of Ted Cruz, raised in Delaware, graduated from a Catholic High School in the U.S., as well as Rice University, clearly meets the citizenship and residency requirements.

A toast to the U.S. citizenship of Eleanor Darragh Cruz that she passed along to Ted Cruz, and to her Irish/American heritage ....

Viva Ted Cruz for POTUS in 2016!

54 posted on 10/28/2013 8:01:37 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: faucetman

Are you crazy? Cruz was not born in Mexico or Russia! Silly to bring up such an unlikely scenario. We all look foolish when you float ridiculous variables to the discussion. We can not give countenance to rigid birther nonsense. /s

I love Cruz. Absolutely my favorite Senator right now. I would like to see him on SCOTUS or at the least a Governor.


55 posted on 10/28/2013 8:01:39 AM PDT by TauntedTiger (Keep away from the fence!)
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To: kevkrom

The Republican Party Establishment needs to talk this topic up for sure.

They claim they support Cruz’s goal but not his tactics, but he must be destroyed and cut down to size so he can’t be the presidential nominee, much less be considered the leader of Republicans because he really tried to stop Obamacare while the rest are faking their hostility to it for election purposes.


56 posted on 10/28/2013 8:03:26 AM PDT by Nextrush (BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN)
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To: Vendome
It's clear to me. And the owner of this site has made himself clear on the issue. I'm not interested in being a rude guest by arguing about a subject the owner considers closed.

/johnny

57 posted on 10/28/2013 8:05:40 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Under the circumstances we were fed, yes.

What needs to be added to NBC is a certifiable verification process, which the Founders didn’t see as necessary because they were dealing with honorable men.


58 posted on 10/28/2013 8:05:49 AM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Mark Levin says yes. That’s good enough for me.


59 posted on 10/28/2013 8:08:03 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: JRandomFreeper

So communication is now a zotting offense?


60 posted on 10/28/2013 8:11:39 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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