The laws of Canada are of no concern for determining the citizenship of the United States. Only US laws apply.
Excellent point
Thank you. I get so tired of people claiming that the laws of any another nation decide the citizenship status of an American.
Correct. And unless his mother acquired a Consular Report of Birth Abroad at the time of his birth, he is not Natural Born.
The laws of Canada are of no concern for determining the citizenship of the United States. Only US laws apply.
Amen to that. Why waste your time with Canadian law. It is our Constitution that controls and, unfortunately, Mr. Cruz was not naturally born in the U.S.
Post Obama US laws?
Not saying Obama's not eligible. Just saying nobody knows whether he is or not and the precedence has been set (until HE and not Sheriff Joe releases that info). Of course if Sheriff Joe releases that info and Obama's not eligible and he's removed from office, then and ONLY then can we consider pre-Obama laws to be legit again.
Until then, I'm no longer looking at the eligibility of Conservatives running for President.
I am sure, however, that the democrats will focus on that, John McCain will jump on it and maybe even John Boehner. The US Constitution is not a suicide pack for conservatives. It's either valid all the time or not valid at all.
I don't think it's impacting Cruz's U.S. citizenship but raising the possibility of dual citizenship. Many people argue that Obama is ineligible on those grounds alone.
Absolutely right. He could very well be a citizen of Canada by birth, but US law doesn’t consider that. He is a US citizen born abroad of one US citizen parent and one alien parent, both married, and the US citizen parent having lived in the US at least five years after age 14.
End of story. The debate will begin anew over the phrase “native born.” However, he still qualifies.