You took the words right out of my mouth. Hmmm, that brings back some memories.
Posted on 02/12/2016 11:22:56 AM PST by GIdget2004
Donald Trump supporters have filed a lawsuit challenging the eligibility of one of his primary rivals, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), to run for president.
The lawsuit, filed Feb. 3 at a district court in Alabama, seeks a judgment "declaring that Rafael Edward Cruz is ineligible to qualify/run/seek and be elected to the Office of the President of the United States of America" due to his Canadian birth. Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada, to an American mother.
The five plaintiffs — Sebastian Green, Shannon Duncan, Kathryn Spears, Kyle Spears and Jerry Parker — are all backing Trump in the Republican primary, according to AL.com.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Get it settled one way or the other.
One thing is becoming more evident with each passing day. Ted Cruz is a natural born jackass.
This could not possibly make this issue go away.
I’m sure this suit will not be heard due to “lack of standing” but the dems will find a way around that when the time is right.
it didn’t work on obozo but since Ted Cruz is pro-Constitution, not black nor a democrat, imho, he’ll more than likely be disqualified.
LOL And you don’t think Trump didn’t put up and is financing one of his trumpetts to do this? I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn for you.
Good! But will they have standing?
Good! But will they have standing?
That’s whhat I thought. Must be a fellow candidate damaged. Carson or Christy would qualify
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ted-cruz-is-not-eligible-to-be-president/2016/01/12/1484a7d0-b7af-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html
Case history here?
Soooooo .. is this the reason Trump just declared yesterday or today, that he is not going to attack Cruz anymore ..??
Or .. is Trump funding this .. just to get it out of the way .. so he can choose Cruz to run with him ..?????
Trump is so wishy-washy .. I have a hard time figuring out what he’s going to do.
I’m not happy about this .. but the Trump-bots on FR are going to be more of a pain the neck than usual .. I suggest we ignore them .. they don’t deserve to be credible.
"The Candidate is a natural born citizen by virtue of being born in Canada to his mother who was a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth," the board said, reasoning that Cruz met the criteria because he "did not have to take any steps or go through a naturalization process at some point after birth."
Both objections, which on their face seemed to carry little weight, had forced lawyers for Cruz to formally respond and offer appropriate counterarguments.
In response to the filings, Cruz's lawyers relied on Supreme Court precedent, legal history and articles from noted constitutional scholars to defend the view that he is in fact "natural born" within the meaning of the Constitution.
The lawyers also pointed to the valid candidacies of two former Republican hopefuls, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Michigan Gov. George Romney, as examples of presidential runs that received the blessing of Congress, courts and other means to proceed, despite the fact that both men were born abroad and raised eligibility questions.
These and other sources of authority, the lawyers said, "all command the same conclusion" that Cruz complies with the "natural born" requirement.
Agenda minutes for the Illinois Board of Elections -- which include its determinations in the two challenges to Cruz's eligibility plus a separate one Graham filed against Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) -- can be found here.
Keep the lawsuits coming... the more places that validate Cruz the better.
To have standing, you have to be able to articulate an injury that you will suffer that is distinct from a generalized claim of injury to the public at large. In other words, you have to be able to show how you are injured in a way that is different from the general public.
You took the words right out of my mouth. Hmmm, that brings back some memories.
Cruz could put a stop to this simply by unsealing his records.
FACT: He would not have sealed his records if he had nothing to hide.
Sorry, you’re wrong.
Actually, you are right... the rules on standing apply only to Obama. Cruz will most likely will get a different type of treatment in the courts and in the media. This may go somewhere.
Cruz should spend his energy for the next 4 years getting it settled, or get a waiver, and then, only then should he put himself up as a candidate, for now he is just wasting time, money and votes.
Its not his time. Maybe next time, 4 years isn’t eternity.
The Washington Post reporter asked him about whether Cruz was NBC and Trump didn't know, so he said Cruz needed to clear this up...Cruz sealed his records and hasn't done anything about it...
You have to be born on American Soil to be President or V.P. so we should get this out in the open, if Cruz has the legal paper his Mother should have filed for him, then bring it out and show us, I don't think he does, or he would have had this birther settled right after Trump said what he did, and apparently this Washington Reporter knows something or he wouldn't have brought it to light...IMHO...
Who could have more standing than the people that would be lead by the President. I don’t understand how the court says citizens have no standing
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