Cruz is not a NBC. Never will be. Even he said he wasn’t not too long ago.
What changed?
In all fairness, Trump didn’t bring this up. Fox news did in 2013. Trump repeated the claim. For every article claiming Cruz is natural born, there is another disputing the fact. The question of whether Cruz is a natural born citizen or the definition of natural born citizen is still undefined.
Judges don’t impress me.
Why hasn’t Cruz brought this up?
Its not October yet, hes still useful to the uni-party to stop Trump.
Nonsense. Trump talked about Cruz being ineligible in Utah and again in Arizona.
On Judge Pellegrini's Opinion that Cruz is a Natural Born Citizen
Judges are bull gears in the corrupt machine.
You think lawyers suck, judges are the CEOs of Suck Inc.
As someone who doesn’t like Donald Trump, I think Mr. Trump is right in this regard (he may not have even brought this suit). So why do I support Ted Cruz? Because this issue was raised with Barack Hussein Obama who is also not a natural born citizen and it was also rejected by the courts. The lib/commies cannot claim that we must ignore the Constitution when an issue concerns their man, yet switch completely and say it applies when it is someone they don’t like. The courts appear to realize the rank hypocrisy in this and are deciding not to be hypocrites. We have no Constitution now and only Ted Cruz — warts and all — can restore a semblance of one.
You know what else no one covers?
The fact that if Ted Cruz were to get elected, he’d be the first President we’ve ever had that was born of a foreign nation.
Like, really and truly born in another country, foreign birth certificate and all.
I think that would be a pretty remarkable moving of the goal posts. Keep in mind, Ted Cruz OPENLY ADMITS TO having a birth circumstance that many “consistent conservatives” tried desperately to prove was applicable to Obama, because Obama being born in Kenya would have made him ineligible.
But somehow, the circumstances of Cruz’s birth are no problem? It doesn’t add up for me. I don’t want future Presidents to be able to come from Saudi Arabia or Cuba.
I’m very much against the loosening of the historically mandatory tradition of the President actually being born in this country, or at the very least, on a base or US controlled territory (by two AMERICAN parents).
I gather ted Cruz’s US Birth Certificate, and his other US government docs, never went to the “discovery” phase.
For a smart guy, Cruz makes dumb decisions.
Cruz could spend $10.00 at kinkos/staples (Mitt should get him the ex employee discount) and make copies of his US Birth certificate.
But no, Cruz opts to spend $100,000 (??) to defend himself against all of these lawsuits!
Why don’t they address his dual citizenship?
Reviewing articles is not reviewing law and precedent.
One reason Mr. Trump hasn’t mentioned it is that Mr. Cruz is circling the drain at the moment. There are wiser uses of time and energy.
The other is the soon-to-be President elect is lining up the foreign leaders who are all but breathing a sigh of relief that the American nightmare is almost over. Contrary to what the elites tell everyone, the world wants a strong and free America to lead the world.
This PA judge’s opinion is about as binding as yours or mine beyond his restricted jurisdiction.
That's a shame. It is pretty widely agreed that Gordon's paper contained several basic errors both of fact and of reasoning, and is not actually very well respected. Clement and Katyal's paper is extremely shallow and barely touched the surface of what actually needs to be understood if one is to address the NBC issue. If these are the sources that this judge used, then his ruling is profoundly simplistic and unauthoritative.
This judge should have at least looked at this paper, which is probably the single most comprehensive work on the NBC subject to date: The Natural Born Citizen Clause as Originally Understood
As a further question along this line, if the ICE declares that children born abroad are NBCs, then why is it that a missionary family that I know of in Romania, whose three children were born there, are currently unable to get visas for their children, since their children are not even considered as having US citizenship, much less natural born citizenship? Their children are having to be naturalised just to be able to visit their mother in a hospital here in the States.
PING
Trump may have gone silent on this - but he is shouting out now. Just this weekend going so far as to say Cruz is not eligible having been born in Canada. Until such time this should be decided - there is no reason to give Cruz the vote.
If the GOPe wish to give Cruz their recommendation, it is suggested they RUSH to settle this matter once and for all. Cruz will be unable to stop TRUMP having to fight two fronts simultaneously
Just a word to the wise (what the GOPe believes itself to be)
Because its meaningless until there is a SCOTUS ruling.
Precisely what I’ve been saying for months....birthright citizenship = natural born citizen.
Expected - the media is PROTECTING Cruz at this point. The fact that a judge has to rule on it, regardless of outcome, would bring doubt on whether Cruz is eligible, since the next judge, of course, could rule differently.
But rest assured, the media will TEAR INTO his eligibility the moment it looks like Cruz has a shot at the presidency. That’s how they operate.