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Cicero posted:
I have avoided talking about the issue, but the Cruz fanatics just keep bringing it up.
#20 does, indeed, give a fair explanation of what "Natural born citizen" meant at the time it entered the constitution, in the days of the Founding Fathers, and for the next 150 years or so.
Now, of course, the academic lawyers claim we have a "living constitution" that can be changed to agree with our current assumptions. No, the Constitution is a legal document that doesn't change just because some liberal wants it to, but doesn't have the votes to change it.
A "majority" of academic lawyers say that Cruz is qualified? It’s a safe bet that 99% of them are liberals, even if Cruz claims to be a conservative. I won't get into the issue of what Cruz really stands for, as opposed to what he says. - But he is NOT a natural born citizen. And just because Obama cheated and lied is no reason that we should do the same. That's for guys like Mitch the Bitch and Boner to do.
No, I'm not about to join in suing Cruz. But the Democrats certainly will, if they can manage to get him nominated first, which they same to be working on pretty hard.
David wrote:
McCain was not born in the Canal Zone; he was born in a hospital outside the Zone in Panama proper. I have a map which clearly shows the location of all the relevant locations.
Further, the Canal Zone is not in the geographical territory of the several states either; the US is not sovereign there any more than it is sovereign in Canada.
That said, it sounds to me as though there are an increasing number of Dems who now know that Barry was also born in Canada. Unlike Cruz, Barry was not a citizen at birth no matter which of the two ladies was his mother.
So doubtful the dems will ultimately suck up to make this the issue.
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Lucy says:
Both dems and traitor republicans will announce, oh, we didn't know until after 0 was elected, and thought it was too late, best decision for the Country, didn't want to create chaos, etc., etc., but now in order to get the country back on track, it's imperative we enforce the Constitution.
Can't have a country without a president, let's allow 0 to remain in office while congress debates a few years, then the Supremes will make their long awaited announcement in 2020.
Why would a constitutional scholar, probably the best one since Alito run for President if he wasn’t eligible?
If anything, I want to hear what Obama has to say about it. Supposedly he is a constitutional scholar. The media should be talking to Dershowitz not Pelosi.