Remember the search and discussion to find another candidate to challenge 0 Finally a case was filed in CA. Other candidates do have standing.
Standing can be equated to harm. In this situation Cruz, Rubio, Santorum , Jindall and even Trump could be used to clarify the issue. IMO the most damaged is the RNC if any of them do not qualify. They are the ones who should insist on settled law Using each or all as parties to the request.
Xxxxxxx this post today points out an even greater concern: SC appointments
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In his emails to the Guardian, Tribe discussed Cruz’s own approach to constitutional issues, noting that under “the kind of judge Cruz says he admires and would appoint to the supreme court - an ‘originalist’ who claims to be bound by the historical meaning of the constitution’s terms at the time of their adoption - Cruz wouldn’t be eligible because the legal principles that prevailed in the 1780s and 90s required that someone be born on US soil to be a “natural born citizen.â€
He added: “Even having two US parents wouldn’t suffice for a genuine originalist. And having just an American mother, as Cruz did, would clearly have been insufficient at a time that made patrilineal descent decisive.
“On the other hand, to the kind of judge that I admire and Cruz abhors - a ‘living constitutionalist’ who believes that the constitution’s meaning evolves with the needs of the time - Cruz would ironically be eligible because it no longer makes sense to be bound by so narrow and strict a definition.â€
Tribe said: “There is no single, settled answer. And our supreme court has never addressed the issue.â€
2 posted on January 17, 2016 at 6:58:56 AM EST by Helicondelta
SC, very good!
A potential Cruz defense at SC, IF 0bama is not eligible, should 0bama’s SC appointments be forced to recuse themselves?