Posted on 04/12/2016 8:18:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
TRENTON — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is a "natural-born citizen" under the U.S. Constitution and therefore can run in the June 7 New Jersey primary, a state administrative law judge said Tuesday.
"The more persuasive legal analysis is that such a child, born of a citizen-father, citizen-mother, or both, is indeed a 'natural born citizen' within the contemplation of the Constitution," Administrative Law Judge Jeff Masin wrote.
A group of New Jersey residents and a Catholic University of America law professor insisted that Cruz, born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father, did not meet the constitutional requirements to be president.
The issue now goes to New Jersey Secretary of State Kim Guadagno, who will make a ruling that can be appealed in state court. Guadagno is also lieutenant governor.
Masin wrote in a 26-page decision that the issue of whether a child born outside the U.S. to an American citizen is eligible to be president "can never be entirely free of doubt, at least barring a definitive ruling" of the U.S. Supreme Court.
"Absolute certainty as to this issue is only available to those who actually sat in Philadelphia and themselves thought on the issue" even after "having weighed the arguments as they are presented by those trying to understand the framers' intent," the judge wrote....
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
Mitch McConnell: Why no, the Senate won’t pass a resolution affirming Cruz’s eligibility like it did for McCain
POSTED AT 2:01 PM ON JANUARY 12, 2016 BY ALLAHPUNDIT
how many judges have declared him eligible now? But of course i n the minds of all the trumpateers everyone of those judges are ‘in the tank for the GOP’
I predict right now that if it eventually does go to supreme court, and he is found eligible, we’ll see a lot of railing against a ‘corrupt Supreme Court’
One would think that the strength of their own guy would be enough. Guess not.
Vet, thank you for following up and posting this.
May that love prevail.
Chris, thanks again for following up on Vet’s post.
Jesus’s image and love should prevail.
Your post set my day off on a good start.
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