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Dershowitz: Ted Cruz one of Harvard Law’s smartest students
Daily Caller ^ | 5/9/13 | Charles C. Johnson

Posted on 05/09/2013 7:44:25 PM PDT by Nachum

Famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz ranks Sen. Ted Cruz among the school’s smartest students, adding that the Canada-born Texan can run for president in 2016.

Cruz was a “terrific student,” Dershowitz told The Daily Caller. “He was always very active in class, presenting a libertarian point of view. He didn’t strike me as a social conservative, more of a libertarian.”

“He had brilliant insights and he was clearly among the top students, as revealed by his class responses,” Dershowitz added.

Dershowitz also gave a high estimate of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren — who has decidedly different political views than Cruz.

Dershowitz says he and Cruz would often debate issues presented in Dershowitz’s criminal law class. “Cruz’s views were always thoughtful and his responses were interesting,” the law professor explained. “I obviously disagreed with them and we had good arguments in class. I would challenge him and he would come up with very good responses.”

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: alandershowitz; canada; cruz; dershowitz; elizabethwarren; harvard; massachusetts; naturalborncitizen; newyork; smartest; tedcruz; texas
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To: ObligedFriend
You have quite an interesting posting history.
41 posted on 05/09/2013 8:42:05 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: Nachum

42 posted on 05/09/2013 8:43:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: ObligedFriend
His mother was an American citizen. His father was Cuban. There is no Canadian citizenship involved here.

And what exactly do you mean "sweet to SOME conservatives"? You don't like what he has to say? What issues do you disagree with him on?

I ask again, who do you like?

43 posted on 05/09/2013 8:45:45 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Gone Galt, 11/07/12----No king but Christ! Don't tread on me!)
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To: Lou Budvis

Rafael Cruz and Barack Obama are not natural born citizens. This is a fact.

There’s only one way to save the Republic. Return to the 1787 Constitution and the Bill of Rights.


44 posted on 05/09/2013 8:48:19 PM PDT by ObligedFriend
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To: Nachum
adding that the Canada-born Texan can run for president in 2016

Once upon a time that would have been a non- sequitur. But that was back when we followed the Constitution.

45 posted on 05/09/2013 8:49:56 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (3 guns when you only have one arm? "I just don't want to get killed for lack of shooting back")
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To: ObligedFriend
It is more complicated than that.

See this table.

http://www.grasmick.com/citizen.htm#CITIZENSHIP%20FROM

Citizenship From Citizen Parent When Born Outside The U.S.

Your Date Of Birth Citizen Parent Residence Required Of Your Parent Residence Required Of You
Before 05-24-34 Both 1 parent resided in U.S. None
Only 1 USC parent resided in U.S. prior to your birth for one or more periods of time totaling at least 1 year None
On/after 05-24-34 and before 01-13-41 Both 1 parent resided in U.S. None
Only 1 USC parent resided in U.S. 2 yrs physical U.S. presence between ages 14-28**
--or--
5 yrs U.S. residence between ages 13-21**
On/after 01-13-41 and before 12-24-52 Both 1 parent resided in U.S. None
Only 1 USC parent resided in U.S. 10 yrs, at least 5 after parent's age 16. 2 yrs physical U.S. presence between ages 14-28, except if born 10/10/52 or after **
--or--
5 yrs U.S. residence between 13-21 yrs.**
On/after 12-24-52 and before 11-14-86 Both 1 parent resided in U.S. None
Only 1 USC parent with 10 yrs physical presence in U.S. prior to your birth, at least 5 yrs. after parent's age 14 None
On/after 11-14-86 Both 1 parent resided in U.S. None
Only 1 USC parent physically present in U.S. 5 yrs, at least 2 yrs. after parent's age 14 None
Children under age 18 may qualify for automatic or expedited naturalization if they have at least 1 USC parent. This can eliminate green card residency and physical presence requirements. It may eliminate the green card requirement itself. Automatic: Child has a green card. Expedited: Child has USC parent or grandparent who has been physically present in the U.S. for 5 years, 2 which were after parent's or grandparent's age 14.
** Residence of the child is no longer required. If a child lost citizenship by not meeting the residency requirement, the child can reinstate citizenship. However, children who reinstate citizenship cannot pass citizenship on to their children born after citizenship was lost.
*Data obtained from C. Gordon and S. Mailman, Immigration Law and Practice [Appendix A, A.1 (a)] and U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual, Vol.8, Exhibit 214.1, 1967, and updated by Joseph Grasmick, Esq.

46 posted on 05/09/2013 8:50:59 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: ObligedFriend

And that table only applies to “US Citizenship” not “Natural Born Citizenship”.


47 posted on 05/09/2013 8:52:18 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: TigersEye

A gift for you.

http://www.consource.org/document/jasper-yeates-notes-of-the-pennsylvania-ratification-convention-1787-12-5/


48 posted on 05/09/2013 8:52:32 PM PDT by ObligedFriend
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To: ObligedFriend

I don’t accept gifts from trolls.


49 posted on 05/09/2013 8:53:45 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: House Atreides
I noticed your FR join date is March 15, 2013—Mama always warned be about the Ides of March.

Hey! That's my birthday you're talking about, thank you very much!

50 posted on 05/09/2013 9:00:03 PM PDT by Maceman (Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
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To: TigersEye

The supreme power is placed in the people (Vattel. c. 2. pa. 10. 11).


51 posted on 05/09/2013 9:00:13 PM PDT by ObligedFriend
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To: ObligedFriend

Well, duh! I have argued those points far more than you have.


52 posted on 05/09/2013 9:01:44 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: ObligedFriend

Under the McCarran-Walter Act, he was still born a citizen, which makes Ted Cruz a natural born citizen.

Give it up.


53 posted on 05/09/2013 9:02:14 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: bigbob

Rafael Cruz was born in Canada to American descent only?


54 posted on 05/09/2013 9:08:50 PM PDT by ObligedFriend
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To: Nachum; All

Has anybody heard Sen. Cruz mention Congress’s Section 8, Article I-limited powers, Article V or the 10th Amendment? I haven’t. And as evidenced by “in-depth” discussions on Obama guard Fx News, if you ignore these division of federal and state government power-related statutes in federal public policy discussions, then yes, you get all kinds of interesting, never-ending debates.


55 posted on 05/09/2013 9:35:08 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: WXRGina
NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. That has long been understood to mean a child of two American citizen parents born on American soil/territory.

Made-up birther bullsh*t.

56 posted on 05/09/2013 9:37:14 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: WXRGina

No. It’s not bunk. Not one constitutional scholar or lawyer subscribes to that definition. In fact, no one outside the birther movement believes that definition.


57 posted on 05/09/2013 10:04:47 PM PDT by HawkHogan
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

but not a Natural Born Citizen - big difference


58 posted on 05/09/2013 10:10:55 PM PDT by Psiman (PS I am not a crackpot)
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To: WXRGina

The constitution mentions exactly three types of people, aliens, citizens, and natural born citizens. Aliens are those who are not citizens. It says some offices must be filled by “citizens”. That can include immigrants who became naturalized. It also says the President must be NBC.
The terms were not defined.

But despite all the breathless pronouncments, if you gained your citizenship by birth alone, you are NBC. There is no 3rd status of citizenry that is gained without naturalization, but which excludes you from the presidency.

All the talk of two parents, being whelped within the borders, the mother needing to be 18, etc etc, is all malarky.


59 posted on 05/09/2013 10:16:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: ObligedFriend

“The country of the father is that of the son. It was always thus.”

Uhh,, yeahh, We don’t go by the law of Loki or whatever you read on some runestone.


60 posted on 05/09/2013 10:24:33 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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