[EternalVigilance]

Believe me, there are few who have less confidence in this entire Congress, and in the courts, than I do.

And still, I think Congress should clarify the matter.

If the courts ever find an opportunity to chime in, that’s their prerogative, I suppose.

But in the end it is We the People who cast the votes and elect the electors, and Congress who is constitutionally responsible for tallying them. The courts are virtual bystanders to that process, ideally.

Notwithstanding Bush vs. Gore and rare court cases of that sort when the courts are asked to play referee.

[kabar]

It becomes a matter of standing. I suppose the Dem nominee or another Rep candidate could challenge Cruz's edibility to hold the office. The fact that McCain asked to have it clarified by the Senate and that Tribe and Olson wrote their opinion on the matter is telling. Even in Senate Resolution 511, Congress admitted that the matter has not been resolved;

Whereas the term ‘‘natural born Citizen’’, as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;