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To: Larry - Moe and Curly

As I’ve stated any number of times on this thread, this will be decided based on US law. Cruz was born a US citizen. By US law he’s eligible for the presidency.

Facts are facts, and opinions are opinions. By law, a fact, Cruz was born a US citizen and will run for the presidency (if he decides to run). It will be perfectly legal.


253 posted on 08/14/2013 6:46:10 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins
"As I’ve stated any number of times on this thread, this will be decided based on US law. Cruz was born a US citizen. By US law he’s eligible for the presidency."

The Supreme Court of the United States has never applied the term “natural born citizen” to any other category than “those born in the country of parents who are citizens thereof”.

257 posted on 08/14/2013 6:58:34 AM PDT by Godebert
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To: xzins

“Cruz was born a US citizen.”

You keep using the word “citizen” when no one is arguing with you that Cruz is a US “CITIZEN”.

What you don’t seem to grasp, is that he is not a “natural born citizen.” There is a difference, regardless of whether you want there to be or not.

A child born in the US to US Citizen parents can’t be anything but a US Citizen - i.e. “natural born.”

A child born in the US to a foreign father and American mother, or foreign mother and American father, is, at best, a dual-citizen (US and the foreign parent’s country) and subject to the laws of both countries.

Both of these children are US citizens, but only one is eligible to be President.


260 posted on 08/14/2013 7:06:56 AM PDT by Larry - Moe and Curly (Loose lips sink ships.)
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