Well, the Supreme Court and the British Parliament will be surprised to hear that.
And, I'm sorry you don't like how the law is written. It's not my interpretation, it is the interpretation of a number of legal and Constitutional scholars.
But, the law is a funny thing. We like the laws that go our way but the laws that don't support our views are either bad laws or misinterpreted. And that, my FRiend, is the nature of human beings.
Right now, I don't have a dog in this fight so I don't really care. If you think Cruz is eligible to be POTUS, go for it. That's your belief and you are entitled to it. However, after reading and researching the whole NBC issue, I hold a different opinion based on what the law says. So, this boils down to DustyMoment liking America as a nation of laws and, apparently, Kansas58 liking America as a nation of men. If we drop all standards and requirements, Osama bin Laden could have been POTUS if the SEALs hadn't taken him out. Where do we draw the line? Cruz good because we like him, even though he was born in Canada of a Cuban father and McCain bad because he was born in Panama of an American father? Where is the reference line so that we clearly know who meets the eligibility requirement and who doesn't? Right now, all we're doing is moving the goalposts to accommodate the guy we like.
Wrong!
It it is YOUR “interpretation” after you insert your ideas and twist the words of other people.
You have absolutely no legal training.
It shows.
You have no historical understanding.
It shows.
You have no understanding of basic logic.
It shows.
You have no understanding of the English language.
It shows.
You do NOT have any experts on your side. Besides, the Constitution gives CONGRESS and the States the power to decide eligibility issues. There is NO Court which will ever claim jurisdiction.
Well, Dusty, although I have spent many a pleasant evening in Holiday Inn Express Motels throughout our great nation, I must confess I actually have no idea whether or not Barack Hussein Obama II ... or Jr ... Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, or Marco Rubio are natural born citizens or not. I have a feeling ... I take a great notion ... if I had my 'druthers ... I would tend to say "No."
However, it is not my job or yours to convince our fellow FReepers. All I want is The SCOTUS to take one of the many very worthy appeals that have wended their weary way to their office and TELL ME what a Natural Born Citizen is. That's their job, ne ç'est pas?
Instead these blackrobed bumkissers have picked up their pay for 6 years now while dodging this unpleasant bullet under the lamest set of excuses ever seen in the history of the court. Now that, that I am not inventing. A couple of them have admitted it in public.
Please note that any finding they might make, any ruling they might care to offer, has absolutely noting to do with removing The Marxist MF from Mombasa. That isn't their job. The Congress is still 100% free to impeach, convict, or not. It's not about Obama. Too late for that. It's about the Constitution. Have we got one ... or not.
BTW, Ted Cruz is one hell of a guy! In fact, he and I have a lot in common. E.G., neither of us is free to interpret the Constitution in any way that binds our fellow citizens.