Posted on 01/17/2016 12:48:44 PM PST by jimbo123
Donald Trump unloaded on Sen. Ted Cruz, saying, "I'd do the public a big favor" by suing Cruz over his eligibility to be president.
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Stephanopoulos then said, "But you know, the person who sued him probably doesn't have standing, a lot of legal scholars-." Trump interrupted, saying, "That's all right. There will be a lot of people who sue him who do have standing."
"Say you have standing, why don't you file the case," Stephanopoulos asked. Trump responded, "Oh that's an interesting case. Wow that sounds like a very good case. I'd do the public a big favor."
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Stephanopoulos then asked Trump if he was going to put his money where his mouth is, and Trump said, "Well it's a good idea. Maybe I'll talk to them about it. I'd like to talk to Ted about it, see how he'd feel about it. Cause you know, when I file suits, I file real suits okay."
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I agree. Most likely this is a game Trump and Cruz are playing. And if not, then they were in it to win it together and Cruz did something to really displease Trump. Between the two, I believe Trump is the more honest and even the more patriotic. Cruz is more religious and socially conservative but those two should not be top priority now. Top priority must be who can get us closer back to our constitutional republic.
I live in NYC as a conservative. I see the NYC values every day, which I do not share.
I wanted to believe that Trump was MORE conservative than he was in 1999 when he gave the Russert interview.
Guess not so much. I will vote Trump over Hillary!
But I have no illusions.
Thank you for courteously responding to my question with information and not rhetoric.
Unfortunately, too many Trump and Cruz supporters on FreeRepublic are starting to forget who the real enemy is. If I want to read endless Trump or Cruz bashing, I will go to the DUmmies at Democratic Underground.
Why would Trump have legal standing when Keyes did not?
(1) injury in fact, which means an invasion of a legally protected interest that is
(a) concrete and particularized, and
(b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical; (
2) a causal relationship between the injury and the challenged conduct, which means that the injury fairly can be traced to the challenged action of the defendant, and has not resulted from the independent action of some third party not before the court; and
(3) a likelihood that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision, which means that the prospect of obtaining relief from the injury as a result of a favorable ruling is not too speculative.
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 112 S. Ct. 2130, 2136 (1992) (Lujan). The party invoking federal jurisdiction bears the burden of establishing each of these elements. Id.
Both has parents who were both American citizens. They also had US birthcertificate from the US. Not a foreign country.
Cruz OTOH has one American citizen parent and a BC originally issued by a foreign country. It would be identical to Obama if he had a Kenyan birth certificate. Coincidence? Maybe. Maybe not.
We have two gentlemen who are patriots and love the constitution
But Obama is the only foreign-born person who was actually inaugurated. That would make Obama critical to Cruz’s case - which is why this could royally blow up in the face of Obama and his handlers, if Cruz and Trump play it right.
But we NEED to patch the hole in our southern radar defense, ‘cause Obama’s handlers might want to nuke us before the truth gets out. Obama said in July of 2008 that he would be POTUS for the next 8-10 years, and he’s been making sure all the necessary ingredients are ready for a big strike to give him those 2 extra years. Our Congress and military need to get SERIOUS about defending us from all enemies, foreign and domestic, ‘cause we’ve got the foreign enemy combatant in our White House working with our enemies (his allies) - arming, funding, giving access, training, and providing propaganda cover for them.
The judge looked in his crystal ball and said Keyes could never have won anyway.
Trump would damaged once he lost, according to Levin.
I think "natural born citizen" is at risk anyway, by amendment or neglect.
But he says he’s gonna kick out all the Mezkins.
>>> The judge looked in his crystal ball and said Keyes could never have won anyway.
Sad thing is... That is a believable explanation.
Just a thought.
Is Ted Cruz a big enough patriot to lay down his political life to save the constitution?
I think he is.
The constitution does not define NBC, just that the President needs to be one. The laws that do define this are 1790, 1795 and 1934. The definition of NBC has changed.
As I understand it as an originalist interpretation, one must be ‘ of the soil’ or ‘of lineage that shows loyalty to the sovereign ( the King of UK prior to The President)’
Then we get into whether both/either the father and/or mother needed to have been citizen when giving birth overseas.
The 1934 statue gives out several cases, for example.
ala Ross Perot...?
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