Well I am one of those lawyers who has actually argued the Constitution before SCOTUS and other Courts, bot Federal and State, that believes that the Constitution CLEARLY is meant to “live and breath” over time. (A long discussion for another day). If it didn’t, we’d be a “Nation” of warlords, quite simply.
My point is that to use a “strict construction” of the Constitution, (the wrng way to do it) Cruz is ineligible. Congress would not get to define “what a citizen is” for purposes of that provision.
That provision was to keep England (and others) from rigging elections and planting one of their own in our Presidency. That was it’s SOUL purpose. That is no longer relevant. A more expansive interpretation of the Constitution would be that Congress DOES get to define what a citizen is and, it seems with just a little concern, that Cruz is eligible. I don’t even like him and I think without question he is. Same for O’Dimwit
Would love to see SCOTUS resolve this once and for all but “Standing” is such a problem I don’t quite see how we get there without a potential Constitutional crisis.
That's the make rule of naturalization part. It has that power.
Your a lawyer. So, follow the rules of law. What is the first authority for US citizenship? US constitution is the right answer, you may have a different one.
What does the constitution say about citizenship? See Art IV Sec. 2 and 14th amendment.
Does that define all of the citizens? Hell no. Congress makes rules of naturalization to define all sorts of persons as citizens.
With Cruz, his status as naturalized is clear as a bell.
How would you propose to cabin the power of Congress to "make natural", if you were to grant that power?
The honest way to deal with this is to amend the constitution, not to use rhetorical tricks to say that Congress can make NBC out any class it wants by declaring them to be citizens at birth.
So why doesn’t Cruz address this issue rather than laughing it off? He needs to clear it up.
Pray America wakes
Another mouthpiece of the administrative organ chimes in with a living document theory.
Thanks, but no thanks.
I don’t think the possibility of foreign infiltration into the Presidency is any more remote now than it was then. If anything, I think you could argue that it’s more relevant now than then, given the ability of money to influence elections, and the trend toward globalization of our economic and cultural affairs.
Don't look now counselor but that is probably the ONLY way we're going to get there.