Birther alert! Good!
Let’s get it over.
It was bound to happen, if not supporters of a candidate, the Dems would have....we need to know what Cruz has locked up....
Birther alert! Best scenario is that the court rules he is eligible ... and Trump picks him as his veep.
Standing?? Probably not
Cruz is not yet a candidate for president - only for the Republican nomination.
And that's assuming plaintiffs get around the issue of standing, which is also doubtful.
I’m surprised!
The issue is much more effective for use in attacks while there’s no definite conclusion.
Trump supporters not to be confused with Trump for all you frothing at the mouth cruzbots. :-)
Bye Trump.
Who are they suing?
In 2011 the Trumpeters kept trying to shop around for judges to, get this: Order Obama out of the WH.
And would rescind all the laws that Obama had signed
..until one of the judges fined one of them for wasting the courts time.
That put cold water on that idiocy.
Wow, this Birther thing really came out of nowhere. Who evver heard of such a thing?
PING...
Don’t kid yourself, should Cruz get the nomination the Dems will also be doing this.
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.
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.
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.