It’s a distraction.
It’s distracting from policy issues.
It would have been a distraction for Obama except that Democrats have the full power of the MSM on their side.
Cruz should have tried to clear this up. I’m sure he realized there was gonna be stink about it. If he’s the nominee, the MSM will suddenly become experts on citizenship for the November election.
He does it every time - very effectively - but it doesn’t change the fact he has not had to explain his ultra liberal, big government solutions to every issue. Even the issue he used to launch himself to stardom - illegal immigration - he’s a complete phony on. He strongly supported amnesty in June 2015, all the way up to just before he launched his campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enw6Yx19qSg
I have read that Cruz not only did not realize he held Canadian citizenship, but that he only renounced it 18 months ago.
It’s just stunning how many times Cruz has had to say, I didn’t know, they didn’t tell me, there was an error made, it’s McConnell’s fault, I was not for AMNESTY, when he has made miles of ground on saying he is the smartest guy in the room, the very best debater, the only one who knows the Constitution.
The “ick” factor is starting to take on a life of its own.
... Cruz should have tried to clear this up. I’m sure he realized there was gonna be stink about it. If he’s the nominee, the MSM will suddenly become experts on citizenship for the November election.
The whole thing is a farce. If you guys want to believe it just do so. Don’t try to convince rational, thinking people. None of the suits against bambi was ever taken seriously.
Trump knows he is lying and so do his honest supporters (are there any)?.
It’s virtually impossible for Cruz to “clear this up,” because he can’t just wander down to the courthouse and ask a judge’s opinion. It doesn’t work that way. Someone with standing (very hard to get) has to bring a case or controversy against him first. Some folks are trying to do that now. I believe they will probably all fail on standing. But even if one of them got through the standing barrier, SCOTUS would probably not take it up, because there is a political process in place by which such things can be determined, the whole “political question” doctrine, which gives SCOTUS a great way to duck the question.
It is one of the oddities of the law in this area. The only possible case in which SCOTUS could produce a binding precedential ruling on the constitutional term “natural born citizen” belongs to a category of case SCOTUS is unlikely to ever take up, presidential eligibility. Everything else misses the mark. There is a possibility it will never be adjudicated.
I have suggested this before. It is unfair to all born American candidates to leave in doubt their capacity to run for the highest office in the land. Bullies like Trump can use it to discredit good, well-qualified candidates much better than himself. We need a constitutional amendment. That would be about the only way to resolve this for everybody. I propose we call it the “Natural Born American Act,” or something like that. We could use it to settle once and for all whether our born American citizens can ever be considered truly one of us, to the extent we would trust them with the position of Commander in Chief. I can think of no one more qualified than Cruz to hold that position of trust. He and everyone in his situation ought to be able to make their case for that trust on something more substantial than their gps coordinates at the time of their birth.
Peace,
SR