I realize that the official stand of Free Republic is that Cruz is eligible to run for President.
If I learned the meaning of the Constitution in middle school and then in depth in high school civics and government, I am quite sure he learned the meaning in Harvard Law.
A lot of men fought and died to give us this country and our founders laid out their vision for it in our Constitution. They were very clear that our President should be a step above the rest of the government, that he should be a natural born citizen. They wanted to ensure that the leader of the country had no foreign ties.
Obama should have never been president, even if he was born in Kansas City. He had/has foreign ties and that is obvious now to all. He was not and is not eligible.
Cruz and Rubio are not eligible either. Of course now the laws have been picked apart, we argue the meaning of “is” and because now we want our turn, no one will stand up and say this is not right.
Most here will agree Rubio has divided loyalties, he is a big supporter of immigrants like himself. We don’t like his policies so it’s easy to say he is not eligible and the courts are wrong.
Everyone likes Cruz so suddenly the arguments change. Of course he’s eligible because he is so smart and a constitutional scholar so he would know and we happily take his word for that. This is a man who did not give up his Canadian citizenship until a couple of years ago. Whose father didn’t even bother to become a citizen until 35 years after Cruz was born.
We have turned our country over to foreigners and are dancing happily down the road to our demise. The road to hell is paved with good intentions but it still leads to hell.
I know born on US soil gives citizenship at birth but I think that needs to be changed pronto. I also do not think that was the intent of the 14th