Does one citizen parent an NBC make?
Citing citizenship statutes is of questionable worth because a normal act of the legislature cannot alter the Constitution (that is it cannot define/redefine Natural Born Citizen
).
On a tangent however, I was discussing a Cruz run with a friend and we agreed it would be better if he had some executive experience, such as governor or lt. governor. The problem is TX has a good governor and lt. governor and it would not be wise to bump either.
I disagree; perry is a poser.
Just look at the Display Purposes Only national guard mission down there; as Governor he has full authority to authorize the use of lethal military action to secure the border —
Art 4, Sec. 7. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF MILITARY FORCES; CALLING FORTH MILITIA.
He shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the State, except when they are called into actual service of the United States. He shall have power to call forth the militia to execute the laws of the State, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions.
Consequently, I thought running Cruz as VP on a ticket with a conservative governor would get Cruz that experience and not leave us with a Reagan-Bush dilemma. It’s just a thought.
Amendment 12 places the same NBC restriction on the VP:
The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; -- the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; -- The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. --]* The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Other sources disagree with you about Cruz meeting the NBC requirement for either office. That is a simple search and you and I not going resolve it in these comments.
It would be foolish to bump Perry, poser or not. He is more of a conservative asset than GOPe asset. There are several other governors that took some time to mature but I think would make good choices as well as Walker or Pence.
You may also be discounting Perry too early. Ebola may ignite an inferno beneath his posterior region.
Where is natural born citizen defined?
When (if?) we EVER stop using the language of the left, and start ACCURATELY stating Border Invaders are what these illegal aliens, undocumented children and temporary workers are; THEN we might get somewhere!