No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.
That is the law.
“No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.
That is the law.”
I understand what you’re saying, however, we have no legal definition of Natural Born Citizen, and no one will commit to one - that’s telling in and of itself. Ramsey’s definition is logical, and likely the Founders intent, however I fear that ship has sailed. We can stand on that argument all day, but short of a solid legal definition of Natural Born Citizen we’ll be shouting in the wind.
The coup the Founders feared when writing the law has happened. Reversing the coup is paramount. If Cruz proves to be the cure I’ll swallow my desire to follow Ramsey’s definition and support him. A strict Constitutionalist in the WH is necessary to right the ship. It’s ironic (and somewhat sad) that it may take a Cuban and a posssible violation the 21st to do the job - but it just might. If it does, and it accomplishes the mission, I’m willing to fight for strict definition another day.