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Is Ted Cruz a natural-born citizen eligible to serve as president? [Yes! And I support him! JimRob]
YAHOO NEWS ^ | 10-29-13 | Sarah Helene Duggin | National Constitution Center

Posted on 10/28/2013 7:19:34 AM PDT by Paul46360

"For Cruz, Schwarzenegger, and a number of other potential candidates, the Natural Born Citizenship Clause raises a critical question: Is anyone born outside the United States constitutionally eligible to serve as president?""

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: born; citizen; cruz; natural; naturalborncitizen
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To: latina4dubya
McCain was different that either Cruz or Obama. He was born to two US citizen parents in the US controlled territory of the Panama Canal Zone. (I don't know if the Zone was counted the same as Guam or Puerto Rico would be, or Arizona Territory for Goldwater was).

What we really need now is a statutory definition of "natural born citizen". Does the person have to be born in a state? A US territory? How many citizen parents are needed? Is "natural born" a third class of citizen separate from naturalized and at birth, or is it just another wording for citizen at birth? What about people with multiple citizenships? I've heard lots of arguments both ways but no one as shown me a line in either the United States code or a definitive definition from English common law at the time of the Revolution.

21 posted on 10/28/2013 7:30:10 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Of course he is, NBC is a meaningless term now. FR,the courts have deemed it to be meaningless. And, Obama has a forged BC to back up his status, that is a lot more than Cruz or Arnold have.


22 posted on 10/28/2013 7:31:53 AM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: Paul46360
Schwarzenegger
Why do these nimrods keep bringing up that moron. He's naturalized citizen for pete's sake. And Cruz's mother was an American Citizen(1). Case closed.

(1)It's why I don't give a dam where Barry o'Mugabe was *born* his mother was an American citizen, the end.

23 posted on 10/28/2013 7:31:59 AM PDT by Condor51 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: latina4dubya
Arnold is not eligible

Yes he is! Arnold was born in Hawaii, and as a child moved to Austria. Once Arnold figures out how to work a printer he'll be happy to show you the proof.

24 posted on 10/28/2013 7:32:10 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Paul46360

Yes, people born outside the US can be president.
It is about citizenship and Cruz is a US citizen.


25 posted on 10/28/2013 7:33:23 AM PDT by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains' obama's America)
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To: Paul46360

Acyually, the “National Constitution Center” seems to be made up of the most remarkable enemies of the US Constitition. It houses the Annenberg Foundation, it calls Obama’s speeches “pivotal” amd the trustees and board are Bill Clinton and GHW Bush. And on ond on.

Standard Dem procedure: invade, infest and take over.


26 posted on 10/28/2013 7:35:23 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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To: rrrod

Arny became a citizen, Cruz was a citizen at birth


27 posted on 10/28/2013 7:36:54 AM PDT by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains' obama's America)
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To: Paul46360

Does Sarah believe that the Kenyan in the White Hut is Constitutionally qualified to be President?


28 posted on 10/28/2013 7:37:47 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Paul46360

To many he is not eligible because he is the best candidate.


30 posted on 10/28/2013 7:38:55 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: alancarp

No, the law that was enacted in the late 1800s states that anyone who has a parent of natural citizenship is eligible.

In Obama’s case it was his mother. Cruz is eligible.


31 posted on 10/28/2013 7:39:51 AM PDT by TheRhinelander
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To: faucetman
Jim has made it clear that Cruz is eligible, and it's not for debate on FR. Take it up with Jim.

/johnny

32 posted on 10/28/2013 7:40:11 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Paul46360
I really don't care what the Constitution states "at this point what difference does it make?".

If Obama qualifies then Ahnold Schwarzenegger also qualifies and I would like the media to bring this up front and center. Then once and for all we can determine that everything done at the Federal level for the past five years has been illegal.
33 posted on 10/28/2013 7:42:10 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Paul46360
well then i guess debate is not optional here

Oh, please. What is your motivation for debating this question in 2013 on FR? There is no worthy purpose for conservatism to debate this question ... added to that fact that it has been done a THOUSAND TIMES already!

If you want to debate about Ted Cruz ... how about Ted Cruz vs. Ricky Santorum, and who has done more harm?

34 posted on 10/28/2013 7:42:59 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: All

Now, now everyone. Yahoo news is just doing their investigative reporting like they did with Zer0.


35 posted on 10/28/2013 7:45:09 AM PDT by mykroar (China and Russia are playing chess while Obamas's playing 52 card pick-up.)
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To: Paul46360; Graewoulf; lonevoice; americas.best.days...; GregoTX; Alissa; ...
Ted Cruz Ping!

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

More Eligibility nonsense
36 posted on 10/28/2013 7:46:02 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: faucetman

It has been settled in the opposite direction from your claim.

All your restatements to the contrary, it’s settled.

It is settled here on FR.

Repeating it ad nauseum is like yelling into a hurricane wind.

DOES NOT MAKE IT TRUE.

Why do you like Ted Cruz if you think he is so STUPID - albeit a wildly successful student of the Constitution, attorney, Solicitor General of Texas, clerk for Chief Justice William Rehnquist and arguer of successful cases before the Supreme Court - that YOU know he isn’t eligible but HE knows he is.

To be consistent, you should not say you like him BUT...

Get it?

He’s either a liar or stupid if one tries to follow your “logic”.

Yet you like him?

That makes your screeds ridiculous.


37 posted on 10/28/2013 7:46:16 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear." (Glenn Beck))
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To: mykroar

Do they have a comment section?


38 posted on 10/28/2013 7:46:30 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER ("The government" is nothing but a RAT jobs program)
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To: Paul46360
We should expect a thousand stories like these with many on the left going Full Birther.

And just in case nobody remembers, it was the Democrats who brought up
the Birther issue from the Hillary Camp in 2008 concerning Obama.
So, Don't let your leftist friends forget that.

39 posted on 10/28/2013 7:48:42 AM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Paul46360

Oh its optional, sort of like its optional to pee on an electric fence.


40 posted on 10/28/2013 7:50:00 AM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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