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.
It’s a shame that our candidates are not vetted properly prior to the election cycle. Then we wouldn’t have to waste time on such silliness and could concentrate on real issues.
Every article on the planet is of less importance than a judge's decision.
It may not be defined to your satisfaction, but it is defined. A natural born citizen is one whose claim to citizenship derives naturally from the circumstances of his or her birth so that there is a natural and abiding connection between the child and the society and nation into which he or she is born.
“...the definition of natural born citizen is still undefined.”
Why would the writers of the Constitution insert an undefined word? Yes, it is defined in the legal theory of the day, and specifically in the Naturalization Act of 1790.
The Constitution does not provide a glossary of its words; it depends on the generally accepted definitions of the English language at that time, and they really haven’t changed much. For example, does “infringe” still mean the same?
I read several discussions about it here long before Trump decided to run for President.
All I know for certain, is that if Miss Ralston, my 9th grade Civics teacher, had had the question of “what is a natural born citizen” as an exam question, and my answer was a guy who was born in Canada, whose father was a Cuban, she would have definitely marked that answer wrong, and probably would have kept me for an hour’s detention after school for a week for such an idiotic answer.
Does anyone besides me find these new definitions of natural born and presidential eligibility positively Orwellian? Pundits and media, and lawyers judges suddenly amazingly insisting that people with foreign born parent(s,) or who born in other countries with and who inherit citizenship in that country at birth, whose parents are illegal aliens, are somehow natural born American citizens?
And, we who were born and grew up in this country with American parents, wondering how this could suddenly be, when we and our American parents and grandparents were, and their parents and grandparents before them, were all taught something entirely different? And so we are called “birthers” which is supposed to be an insult!
And why does this not bother the Cruz supporters, who are supposed to be the ones who really care about the constitution more than anyone else, one little bit?
What element of the constitution will next be turned upside down? And will we again called names, the media and the pundits will try to cow us, even by our own side who somehow see a short-term benefit by redefining constitutional principles, never looking beyond the immediate moment. Is it so wrong to insist the constitution has unchangeable meaning, and that our judges and lawmakers, our politicians, our media, et al, not distort and twist that meaning? Is this, or is this not, a representative republic?
This is not just an article, this is a ruling by a federal court judge.
In all fairness, Cruz didn’t bring up that Carson was leaving Iowa. CNN did this the night of the caucus. Cruz’s campaign repeated the claim.
But Cruz is a liar I tell you. A liar. Trump doubled down yesterday and is still bringing it up.
You and the rest of the Trump supporters can stuff “in all fairness” cause your guy is the worst of the bunch.