Posted on 01/08/2016 6:00:09 PM PST by FR_addict
A document uncovered by Breitbart News indicates that the parents of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) were named on a Calgary list of electors for Canada's federal election of July 8, 1974. Ted Cruz parents are listed as Cruz, Eleanor, Mrs. nd Cruz, Raphael, self employed, both at 920 Riverdale Avenue, South West in Calgary, Alberta.
Canadian law restricts (and restricted) federal voting rights to Canadian citizens.
In a statement to Breitbart News—the full text of which follows this article—Jason Johnson, chief strategist for Cruz for President, said that “the document itself does not purport to be a list of ‘registered Canadian voters.’ All this might conceivably establish is that this list of individuals (maybe) lived at the given addresses. It says nothing about who was a citizen eligible to vote.â€
Johnson added: Eleanor was never a citizen of Canada, and she could not have been under the facts or the law. In short, she did not live in Canada long enough to be a Canadian citizen by the time Cruz was born in 1970: Canadian law required 5 years of permanent residence, and she moved to Canada in December 1967—only 3 years before Senator Cruz’s birth. ...
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“You ain’t shit.”
Good to see your level of argument has not improved.
I think he should produce his CRBA.
A child born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent or parents may acquire U.S. citizenship at birth if certain statutory requirements are met. The child’s parents should contact the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate to apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America (CRBA) to document that the child is a U.S. citizen. If the U.S. embassy or consulate determines that the child acquired U.S. citizenship at birth, a consular officer will approve the CRBA application and the Department of State will issue a CRBA, also called a Form FS-240, in the child’s name.
If Cruz is a NBC, why would he need a pass port?
I's so fun to watch your pretzel logic.
And I support Cruz btw.
Have you done any research? I doubt it.
Why thank you, thank you Mr Wong Kim Ark.
So why would Cruz need a passport if he is a citizen, ahem, NBC?
“VATTEL was the source and reason for the wording.”
Except Vattel does not use the term “natural born citizen”, nor did anyone translate it (incorrectly) that way until 10 years AFTER the US Constitution.
We also know the legislatures used “natural born citizen” and “natural born subject” interchangeably at the time of the Constitution, and NBS had an established legal meaning. SO why do you insist it came from someone who did not write about “natural born citizens”?
“If Cruz is a NBC, why would he need a pass port?”
Don’t travel abroad, much, do ya Ron...
So who is to say she did, or she didn’t until the papers are unsealed?
Actually, both parents have to be Citizens of the US at the time of the child’s birth. Obviously that was not the case.
“Actually, both parents have to be Citizens of the US at the time of the child’s birth.”
No. Another false statement.
Electors’ List Named Ted Cruz’s Parents, MuttTheHoople wrote:
With nobody in power giving a crap where obama was born, I don’t see any trouble with Ted Cruz.
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So in your opinion, two wrongs make a right?
You either believe in the constitution or you don’t. just that simple.
So, you’re saying he’s not eligible to be president? Tell them:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/01/the_cruz_natural_born_citizen_fake_controversy.html
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/01/an-unnaturally-born-non-controversy
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/429356/ted-cruz-natural-born-citizen
http://battleborndesign.com/2016/01/07/cruz-vs-obama-eligible/
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/yes-ted-cruz-can-be-president
So...just who is more conservative? Donald “Hillary would be a great president” Trump?
There is nothing in the Constitution or any statute that requires two citizen parents for a child to be a natural born citizen.
Cruz is NOT a natural born citizen and is therefore not eligible and neither is Rubio....according to the Constitution.
“Is there any doubt that a child born of citizen mother and father on the soil of their country a natural being a natural born citizen?”
Based on the Minor Case and Congressional Statutes, no. But that doesn’t eliminate other categories that would qualify as well.
“What do you think the Founding Fathers meant with that in mind?”
To keep Parliament and the rest of Europe’s political turmoil out of the new country’s top leadership so that the new American culture could be developed and assimiliated. However, what I find puzzling is the 14 year residency requirement, which seems way too low, but appears the Founders did not frown upon American citizens living abroad.
Think of this. If 2 American Citizens had a child in Virginia on American soil in 1800 and decided to move to France immediately after the child’s birth without renouncing their US Citizenship, and the child was raised their entire life in France and the culture and spoke fluent French, but in 1821 they decide to leave France to come back to America (Louisiana) where the 21 year old gets a job, eventually runs for Congress, takes a position in the Jackson Administration and then decide to run for President in 1836 after meeting the 14 year residency requirement, would you have a problem with this? If the child is more inclined to French customs and courtesies (as evidenced by moving to LA) do you think loyalty to the US might be an issue even though they meet all the requirements?
Cruz was a Citizen of the United States of America at birth.
His Mother was a United States Citizen when her Son was born, end of story.
You are either a Citizen at Birth or you are a Naturalized Citizen. Cruz was not Naturalized.
Citizen at Birth = Natural Born Citizen. There is no Constitutional language that says otherwise.
Cite the definition of NBC provided in the US Constitution.
This one comes close:
“Additions might always be made to the citizenship of the United States in two ways: first, by birth, and second, by naturalization. This is apparent from the Constitution itself, for it provides that “no person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President,” and that Congress shall have power “to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.” Thus new citizens may be born or they may be created by naturalization.”
Two classes of citizens: those added by naturalization, and those added by birth.
“The fact that makes the msm, GOPe and people like you heads explode is just gravy.”
I would vote for Trump if he wins the nomination. But someone who liked Obama and Hillary in 2009 is NOT much of a conservative. That, or he is stupid - which he is not.
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