Birther alert! .
Phony piece from a phony blog owned by a morally challenged Trumpophant.
Trump is so desperate...
There is little doubt in my mind that Thomas Jefferson and his ilk would consider Ted Cruz to be a natural born citizen, and eminently eligible to serve as President, after diligent, balanced, and thoughtful consideration.
There is simply no practical argument regarding where Ted Cruz's loyalties now lie, or have lain, during his entire life. Inasmuch as Cruz was a US citizen at the moment of his birth, there is simply no reasonable argument that he is not natural born.
To reiterate, methinks the vast majority of the Founders themselves, under these particular circumstances, would likely be far less dogmatic than the strident ideologues who are decrying Ted Cruz's alleged ineligibility.
But the courts will settle it if necessary, and then the bitch-slapdown will come for those who trump-et what I believe amounts to near hysterical originalism.
The originalism I'm hearing from the Cruz birthers is so strident and extreme, that it would be tantamount to arguing that Citizens should only be able to own single-shot flintlock firearms, since that it what was conceived of as "arms" at the time of the adoption of the Second Amendment.
Go back in time and show the Founders a functioning full-auto M-16, and modern day 2A supporters might be surprised at the restrictions that might be readily advocated by some of those "strict originalists".
People should be careful with the knee-jerk, uber-strident "original intent" dogma, because, applied to other situations, it could be taken to extremes in ways that conservatives might not anticipate or appreciate.
Bottom line is that I think that the Ted Cruz "birther" issue is not the issue that the anti-Cruz crowd should be hanging their hats on.
Ted Cruz will make a great President, and if the Courts say he's eligible, and the vast majority of the People believe it, then that is pretty definitive.
Ted Cruz was a US citizen at birth. No court in this land, no matter how "originalist" the judge is, will deny Cruz's natural-born status. Bank on it, and then give it a rest...
It matters not what Levin says about this, it matters not what Freepers say about this, it matters not what Cruz says about this, it matters not what Trump says about this, it matters not what the media says about this. What matters is what the electorate thinks, and the electorate is concerned.
A quarter of Republicans think he isn’t qualified and a quarter are unsure:
Basically, this means Cruz is toast.
Canada is a possession of the English Crown.
Canada is not "a possession of the English Crown." It is a sovereign, independent country. It is through a voluntary association with the Commonwealth of Nations that the Queen is the head of state of Canada. Any member of the Commonwealth is free to leave.
Had Ben Franklin married a French woman and children resulted from the marriage... That child would have been denied citizenship?
That seems absurd on its face.
Birther alert! This is the same genius who vetted Supreme Court Justice Kennedy who gave us the deciding vote for gay marriage. A fraud never listen to him anymore and he didn’t deny it just gave some lame excuse like any other RINO.
Nothing tortured about it. He cited the relevant law. It’s just that these people don’t like his conclusions.
All of them put together don’t know as much about the Constitution as Mark Levin does on a day when his memory is off.