Of course he is a citizen by birth. The legal question is whether that is the same thing as “natural born citizen”. It’s a legal question we ALL deserve to get an answer to. It would not be fair to Ted Cruz to run and win the Presidency and then have a SCOTUS with Obama appointees rule that he is not eligible. Every candidate and every voter deserves to have a set-in-stone, legally locked-down answer to the question BEFORE running or voting.
That’s all I’m saying, and it’s all I’ve ever said about that. It’s what I said at a committee hearing at the Nebraska legislature. We all deserve answers, and the judicial system is ROBBING us of that right, by deflecting the cases with the excuse that it’s nobody’s business.
Everybody has their opinion of what is meant by the term, but what we ALL need is a SCOTUS decision. BEFORE we spend our energy, money, and votes. That is not too much to ask, and the courts have abdicated their responsibility by refusing to give us that answer.
Everybody agree?
No. I don’t agree. He’s a natural born US citizen, the meaning of which, clearly, is “born a citizen” except to concern trolls from the democrat side.
“Everybody has their opinion of what is meant by the term, but what we ALL need is a SCOTUS decision. BEFORE we spend our energy, money, and votes. That is not too much to ask, and the courts have abdicated their responsibility by refusing to give us that answer. Everybody agree?”
No. Your plan makes no sense. Someone has to have standing and be damaged by Cruz as somehow an illegal President before the suit could be filed. Cruz has not even formally announced he is running.
I say support Cruz. Born as a US citizen is good enough for me.
To me, the eligibility requirement for president in the constitution clearly mentions two levels of citizenship. A regular citizen is eligible if that person is living during the adoption of the constitution. After that, only a natural born citizen is eligible.
Why?
Because during the adoption of the constitution the first generation of citizens could not be Natural Born because there was not yet a country. After the adoption, this first generation of citizens would create a second generation ofchildren. These children would be the first Natural Born Citizens of the country.
Now, I could be wrong.... That is why we need the courts to clarify the definition once and for all.
Again I agree.