That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the United States when the constitution was adopted,) is a happy means of security against foreign influence, which, wherever it is capable of being exerted, is to he dreaded more than the plague. The admission of foreigners into our councils, consequently, cannot be too much guarded against; their total exclusion from a station to which foreign nations have been accustomed to, attach ideas of sovereign power, sacredness of character, and hereditary right, is a measure of the most consummate policy and wisdom. The title of king, prince, emperor, or czar, without the smallest addition to his powers, would have rendered him a member of the fraternity of crowned heads: their common cause has more than once threatened the desolation of Europe. To have added a member to this sacred family in America, would have invited and perpetuated among us all the evils of Pandoras Box.
Of Article II, section I, clause 5, Supreme Court Justice Joseph story said this 46 years after the adoption of the constitution:
A loophole for themselves was created out of respect to those distinguished revolutionary patriots, who were born in a foreign land
It doesn't get much clearer than that my friend.
Sounds clear to me. But there are so many contradictory statements that if I can’t know what is difinitive, the low info voter sure as heck will be confused.
That is not what the election should be about.
Cruz needs to do more than ridicule. He needs to use his debating skills and mastery of constitutionalism — make it work for him on this issue, and get it behind him ...
... rather than DIVIDE anti-leftists.
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BTW, a compelling quote of Tucker. Makes me think of a certain guy named Barry S. [aka O, aka Zero, aka BO aka B-H-O aka Obama-Messiah.]