Posted on 01/11/2016 6:06:32 PM PST by TBBT
It's hard to see this as anything but pure spite towards Cruz, of which there's plenty in Paulworld, for surpassing him as the "conservatarian" choice in the primary. In theory, I guess, raising enough doubt about Cruz's eligibility could cause some libertarians and "constitutionalists" to run away from Cruz and back to Paul, but how much is that worth to Paul? Five percent, maybe? He goes from an also-ran in the low single-digits to an also-ran in the high single-digits while potentially tipping the race to in Iowa to Trump, the least libertarian candidate in the race. And meanwhile Paul stinks of desperation. I could understand him hitting Cruz hard if they were in a dogfight for their lane of the race, but as it is, Cruz's success is Paul's best chance of having a somewhat kindred spirit in the White House on matters like domestic surveillance. At this point, he'll wield more influence over the next Republican government by dropping out and campaigning for Cruz than by trying to destroy him. The best spin you can put on this is that it's a bankshot — the Birther attacks weaken Cruz in Iowa, leading to a Trump win, which further weakens Cruz in New Hampshire, leading his libertarian support to defect to Paul there, and then - Paul finishes fifth in New Hampshire behind Trump, Rubio, Christie, and Kasich. Where does Rand go after that? Will ending Cruz be enough to have made this campaign worthwhile to him?
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Nothing in beneath the left... But this from our side?
anyway...
The most noteworthy bit is Paul floating the idea that "natural-born" must mean something distinct from hereditary citizenship or else the Constitution wouldn't specifically mention it. Right, there is a distinction - with naturalized citizenship, but Rand's got an agenda here so he's going to read the clause in the most crabbed way possible. The irritating irony of all this is that none of Cruz's detractors actually have the balls to file suit to challenge him, knowing that if they win the backlash on the right to their own candidacy would be ferocious and if they lose they'd forfeit this cheap line of attack on Cruz. Not even Trump, who otherwise crows about how good he is at suing people, will own the idea of suing Cruz himself, preferring to warn instead about what Democrats might do. Rand does the same here. If this issue is so serious that the GOP might lose the election by having its nominee thrown off the ballot, Trump/Rand etc should declare that they're simply doing their duty as loyal members of the party by challenging him in court.
Well, at least we don’t have to put up with his sorry butt in the debate.
Go away Rand, take Carly with ya
Rand Paul is naturally desperate for attention. He gets it from his dad.
The laws of Canada govern it’s citizens. The laws of the US govern US citizens. To US law, it does not matter if any other country says a person is their citizen. US law does not recognize dual citizenship.
Under Title 8 section 1401 of US Law, the individuals who are born as US citizens and do not require naturalization are described is subsections A through G.
I’m sick of this mickey mouse crap. No one is discussing the issues anymore. Just cowardly innuendo.
Says Mr. Kiddie Table. Oh wait. He is too smug for the kiddie table.
Shaddap pipsqueak, you’re at the kids table.
Cruz is a natural born Canadian...now that’s funny!!! LOL
Jorge Ramos has dual Citizenship. He admitted he Votes in both Mexico and the U.S.
Why hasn’t he be Deported and stripped of his Naturalized American Citizenship?
They know that no court would give them standing to sue.
So he didn’t just pop out of a Canada Dry soda can in an alley in Toronto then?
Remember how these buttholes went after Obama about his questionable citizenship, false birth certificate and bogus Social Security numbers?
ME NEITHER !
So according to paul if cruz is “a natural born canadian”, does that make Obama “a natural born kenyan”?
A constitutional law professor at at Fordham University says U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s “natural-born citizen†claim only works if he ironically adopts an interpretation of the U.S. Constitution favored by liberals.
Thomas Lee of Fordham Law School wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times on Sunday saying the Texas Republican must use a “living Constitution†theory to convince voters he is eligible to be commander in chief. Cruz considers himself an originalist.
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Lee said there are two principles an originalist must use to determine whether or not a person is a natural-born citizen.
U.S. Jus soli, or the law of soil: A child was a citizen of the sovereign who ruled the land where he or she was born.
Jus sanguinis, or the law of blood: A child’s citizenship was determined by the parents’ allegiance, regardless of place of birth. The law of blood would have applied to the father’s place of birth in 1788.
The professor said that only by allowing modern cultural norms to influence his reading of the Constitution, as a “living Constitutionalist†would do, can Cruz deflect “birtherâ€-type attacks on his presidential eligibility.
“It’s a neat irony: The most conservative constitutional interpreters must find Cruz ineligible to be president,†Lee wrote. “Liberals must grin and bear him. Cruz himself purports to embrace originalism as the correct view of the Constitution. To be faithful to his understanding of what the Constitution means, the senator may have to disqualify himself.â€
Cruz has outright rejected such attacks since Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump brought them up Jan. 5.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/01/natural-born-doubt-law-prof-takes-shot-at-cruz/#Lif6dvK8KZj0o4lu.99
Why has this President chosen to not follow many of the laws of the US??? You would have to ask Obama.
I do not work for the US State Department or any other government agency. I have no standing to bring a lawsuit to force the issue either.
No, everyone knows that Barack is a natural born citizen because both his real father (Frank Marshall Davis) and his mother were U.S. Citizens, and Barack was born in Hawaii after it became a State. Barack Obama Sr. was just the first of many “beards” Barry has had over the years.
What is funny is that no one on this thread has even mentioned the Constitution and the very strong possibility that CRUZ IS NOT ELIGIBLE. jJust like children they run around pointing fingers everywhere sooner than admit that CRUZ was a CANADIAN CITIZEN when he was elected to the US SENATE.
Paul is a curly, perm headed has been. Hang it up, Rand.
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