Cruz says he is a US citizen 'by birth' despite being born in Canada

FOXNEWS.com ^ | October 28, 2013 | unknown

[txrangerette]

Cruz said in an interview with Fusion that because his mother is an American citizen he is a citizen as well.

"I was a U.S. Citizen by birth and beyond that I'm going to leave it to others to worry about...legal consequences", he said.

[Jane Long]

Texans would drive from the entire state to join you, if he did ;)

[CodeToad]

“1875 Minor vs. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162, 167-68 (1875) (same definition without citing Vattel); “

M v H only cited one clear example but left interpretation of others as a possibility, so it is not a good reference outside of the definition they gave which was a child born in the US to two married US citizens.

[Jane Long]

I just wish I didn’t get bad vibes that Cruz is hiding his real intentions.

Oh, really? And, just what would Cruz' "real intentions" be, PBaldy? Share what you know. Do tell.

[txrangerette]

This is news, what he just said in the past couple days.

The claimers to the contrary have also shown up to nag away at this topic. They never quit.

If you don’t care, you can always go away.

Freedom!

It’s grand.

[xzins]

Just a bunch of garbage that’s all been refuted countless times on Free Republic. Just give it up, man. It’s not scholarship, it’s not credible, and it attacks one of the true conservatives we happen to have in the US government at this time. Moreover, it’s a distraction that is absolutely insignificant at this moment when the battles against amnesty and obamacare are being fought.

[txrangerette]

Amen.

[alpha 76]

Natural Born citizen: Born with full and complete allegiance to the U.S.
BOTH PARENTS U.S. citizens at birth

Native Born citizen: Born with partial allegiance to the U.S.
Born to one parent who was a U.S. citizen at birth

The problem obama, a native(?) born citizen was allowed to bypass Article 2 of the Constitution, is Cruz allowed too also?

[Durus]

Arnold is a naturalized citizen...it's not the same thing at all.

[SoConPubbie]

BOTH PARENTS U.S. citizens at birth

No Legal justification or proof supports that definition.

Just a bunch of conjecture of "what it should be" based on sources of information not included in the Constitution, US Law, or Supreme Court Ruling.

[SoConPubbie]

Arnold is a naturalized citizen...it's not the same thing at all.

He knows that.

He's a big Rand Paul pimp.

And I use that word pimp in the non-perjorative sense.

[Gay State Conservative]

As time goes on I develop more and more respect for Cruz.However,this is a Constitutional issue that will,for better or for worse,be settled by nine individuals sitting in DC...at least four of whom are filthy,worthless,despicable Maoists...and the jury,if you will,is still out on two others.

[CodeToad]

Sorry, DUmmy, there is no such thing as natural born and native born. Never did exist. First time I have ever heard such nonsense was by you Internet lawyers trying to parse words and redefine the word ‘natural’ to mean something it never did. You are either born a US citizen at birth or you are not. Period. There are no subdivisions of natural born.

[Kansas58]

You have lost this argument.
Cruz is a Natural Born Citizen and fully eligible to be President.
The only question remaining, for radical “birthers” is if they will swallow their foolish pride and realize that absolutely NOBODY with any authority has ever agreed with them!

[CodeToad]

P.S. It is MY Constitution, too, and YOU don’t get to redefine it meaning.

[SoConPubbie]

As time goes on I develop more and more respect for Cruz.However,this is a Constitutional issue that will,for better or for worse,be settled by nine individuals sitting in DC...at least four of whom are filthy,worthless,despicable Maoists...and the jury,if you will,is still out on two others.

And if a case challenging his "Natural Born" status never makes it to the Supreme Court, as it now stands, according to Supreme Court Rulings, Settled US Law, and the US Constitution, he is considered a Natural Born citizen, fully eligible to be President of the U.S.

[txrangerette]

Your comments on that other thread were hilarious.

I’ve made that point, too.

People have not only claimed Cruz isn’t natural born, but a sizable segment of them have even claimed he isn’t a citizen at all.

He’s Canadian. He’s Cuban. He’s both. He’s anything but American. The rest just say, oh, but he can’t run for president because he doesn’t fit my acceptable definition of natural born.

But it’s all hogwash. It isn’t even commen sense. It’s irrational to believe that a woman - as per your earlier example - visits across the border one day and happens to give birth in the nearest cross border hospital, and because of THAT, her baby can never be POTUS??

And the others, who say that because of THAT, her baby loses what his mother had, United States CITIZENSHIP??

I can go you one better. A pregnant American walks across the border to a store over there to buy something she can’t get on this side. She went to make a purchase and turns around to come back, but right before she hits the border she goes into labor. The baby comes right then and is delivered by a bystander or a border guard. Within inches of the border!

For THAT, the baby loses the citizenship status the mother has, and, can never run for President.

Good.Grief.People.

[onyx]

DustyMoment,

Ted Cruz knows more about the law and our Constitution than you will EVER learn in your life time, so please give it a rest.

[Venturer]

Listen to his father speak and those vibes will go away. It is on Utube.

[MichaelCorleone]

“There are no precedents for the courts to step in.”

And nobody can bring suit either, because no one, NO ONE, has standing anyway. That’s also according to the courts.

[CatherineofAragon]

"May this help put an end to those who come here and claim to like and admire Ted Cruz but go on to swear that he couldn't possibly be qualified to run for President."

Some folks will probably never accept this fact. Doesn't change the truth, though....a person can be either a naturalized citizen or a citizen at birth who doesn't need to be naturalized. Cruz is the latter. Now when do we start bugging him to run for president? ;)