The Entity—aka Obama—came from a test tube.
Levin supports a “living” Constitution.. On this issue only.
I presume Levin’s legal arguments are sound and it’s 98.6 % sure he’s right, but he’s not the final arbiter in this matter.
I heard a good portion of this as I was in my car. He challenged Annie though not by name, said he didn’t want to “embarrass” anyone.
This is the same issue we had with Obama.
One parent an American.
The other not.
Born out of the U.S.
=
not a ‘natural citizen’
Wasn’t that the entire argument about Obama for a year? Birth certificate was fake, etc.
What did it matter if his location of birth wasn’t a factor?
Levin explained that Barrack’s mother did not meet the 5 years in US after age 14. She was only 18 when she had her little bastard.
On top of that brilliant argument he cites the Nationality Act of 1940.
The Nationality Act of 1940, Pub. L. 76-853; 54 Stat. 1137; was repealed by the McCarron-Walter Act of 1952, Pub. L. 82-414 § 403(a)(42); 66 Stat. 280.
That same act, the McCarron-Walter Act, is what applies to Cruz. His citizenship is by Congression grant: Pub.L. 82-414 § 301(a)(7); 66 Stat. 236
Levin's claims are directly contrary to the letter of the law. That statute says "citizen" Are words to be inserted into statute, thwarting the will of Congress?
Furthermore, the grant of citizenship was temporary and subject to revocation if Cruz did not take actions by a date certain. His citizenship is entirely a creature of positive law and granted by Congress, i.e. he is a naturalized citizen of the United States.
I am convinced that Cruz is eligible, but the issue is electability, not validity. The arguments are complex and enable low-attention voters to make up their own mind without studying the issue, or they could just have too many doubts, or even be convinced that too many other people have too many doubts.
It’s a weird variation on “the medium is the message.” The lack of clarity is the message.
I believe Cruz is eligible -> one parent was American making him a birthright citizen, and Canadian law does not affect American law.
With that said you better bet the left are going to challenge Cruz on this issue... They still want payback for 2000.
His father was NOT an immigrant to the United States. Bullsht, Mark. Obama’s mother was not old enough to confer citizenship upon her baby if she had him outside the border. Which it seems she probably did, otherwise he would have had a real birth certificate, a real social security number, and a real selective service form.
Probably baby Barack was born in an unwed mothers’ home in Vancouver, Canada, which was the thing to do when you got knocked up in Seattle. The dunhams didn’t care about that citizenship rule because they were planning for Stanley Ann to give her little baby up for adoption within Canada where it wouldn’t be an issue.
I don’t think obama’s mother was old enough to be a citizen when he was born.
I’m anxious to see how many posters, who say that Levin is wrong, are willing to accept his request & debate him on the matter...with such a large crowd, it could be a Pay-Per-View event...
He spent 45 minutes on a topic he could have answered in a couple of seconds
....US parent = US child.
Did anyone tell Levin that o’s mom wasn’t old enough to convey US citizenship to him?
