Using the founder's INTENT- Cruz is out. However, the left has changed the rules, and Cruz is just as qualified now, especially if he produces forensic evidence of his birth- unlike that son of a bitch in the white hut. Why is it so hard for all of the research scholars here at Free Republic to understand what it was the founders intended? LOYALTY to our nation!!! Soebarkah is the poster child for what wasn't intended. 14 years a resident, 35 years old and born of citizen parents. Granted this is BEFORE test tube babies and sperm donors... so a two parent household was the only conceivable family structure considered capable of teaching maximum loyalty to one's country, and by God, they wanted both parents to be US citizens... for that very reason. I say the added requirement of having to be born on US soil is just and applicable, creating a third class of citizen, BUT- only for holding the office of President or Vice President. The requirement is IMMATERIAL for any other purpose. DUH!
By the way, we are no longer a just and moral nation so the Constitution is out the window. Stupid is as stupid does. We are reaping what we have sown as a rudderless nation. Moral relativism WAS NOT what the founders had in mind, but they knew what pitfalls awaited one.
The Federalist Papers are the owner's manual for the Constitution. In it, I can't find protection for abortions, transgenders or Muslim sleeper agents in the White House.
That's all I got- an eighth grade comprehension. Abe Lincoln only made it through third grade. I'm not exactly sure what the target audience was for the Founders, but I think they used the KISS principle.
Well said, freepersup!
There is no doubt whatsoever as to Cruz’ loyalty.
We know his family & background, while 0’s is still that, “0”.
And, I don’t see why Phil Berg and the rest of the lawsuit filers didn’t focus on “35 years old” and not the NBC part; one needs the birth cert to prove age, and there may have been better success using that angle.