Posted on 01/15/2016 10:55:31 AM PST by justlittleoleme
Sen. Ted Cruz might finally get the chance to prove he is eligible to run for president once and for all.
A Houston-based attorney has filed a lawsuit against Cruz, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to settle whether Canadian-born Cruz is eligible for the presidency. Noting that the Iowa caucuses are just weeks away, the attorney asks the court to expedite the case as quickly as possible.
"This 229 year question has never been pled, presented to or finally decided by or resolved by the U. S. Supreme Court," wrote attorney Newton Schwartz in his lawsuit that he filed Thursday. "Only the U.S. Supreme Court can finally decide, determine judicially and settle this issue now."
He writes: "It is undisputed, by all legal scholars, there is no U.S. Supreme Court decision or precedent: determinative of the following agreed facts of this case and controversy. 'Natural born citizen' has never been defined."
Schwartz asked the court to rule that Cruz is not eligible to run for President.
The Cruz campaign declined to comment on the suit, but said Cruz has no connection Schwartz.
(Excerpt) Read more at trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com ...
Oxford Dictionary Second Edition
Volume X page 245
“1709 Act 7 Anne c. 5...The Children of all natural-born subjects, born out of the Liegeance of her Majesty...shall be deemed..to be natural-born Subjects of this Kingdom.”
[Jumping the gun. He’s supposed to do this AFTER Cruz is elected, so the inauguration gets put off indefinitely and Obama can ride out some O.T.]
Trump definately took the wind out of their sails!
Cruz should be on his knees thanking Trump from saving him from even further embarrassment.
I imagine things would be different if Trump, being as popular as he is now, would've simply said the same thing about Cruz's eligibility that he said last September.
Anyone who thinks the supreme court is going to intervene in this is out of their minds. Not during an election year. The court is every bit as political as every other arm of our feral government. This is something they wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole.
“The hyenas in either party will never drop this until someone they deem an authority rules on it”
True, but it will be old and boring. Like Hillary and Benghazi, like emails. problems don’t need to be solved, they just need to get old.
This is deliberate, so it isn’t the topic in October.
In general, SCOTUS has original jurisdiction in cases where one states sues another, or when a foreign government is suing one of the states. Article 3 says:
"In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make."
The SCOTUS takes few expedited cases. In Gore vs Bush the only reason they got involved at all was for fear of absolute chaos.
They won’t touch this with a 10 foot poll, even if they want to (which they likely don’t).
Hope so.
Do Trump’s supporters honestly believe that Trump was raising this issue to help a brother out?
Throw in the entire west coast. Evil values all.
If they do they aren’t listening to his own words.
“Has the SCOTUS ever taken a case without it moving through the court system?”
Yes, they have the ability to claim “original jurisdiction” over certain types of cases (disputes between states, for example). They don’t always exercise it, but do use that power fairly regularly.
Nice try. Trump first brought up the birther issue back in March.
BUMP
And when Trump and his allies lose this case some will abandon him for being wrong.
I’m a solid Cruz guy and I saw this coming a year ago. I almost got zotted for saying it too.
How times change.
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