Posted on 03/31/2016 12:18:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed Sen. Ted Cruz’s slot on the state presidential ballot Thursday, siding with a lower-court ruling that declared the senator is a natural-born citizen.
The court turned away an appeal from Pittsburgh resident Carmon Elliott, who had sued to boot Cruz from the state’s April 26 primary. Elliott had claimed that Cruz’s birth in Canada excluded him from natural-born citizenship — a constitutional requirement for the presidency.
Cruz, who has faced multiple lawsuits on his citizenship status, was born in Canada to an American mother in 1970. He and his lawyers have argued that his mother’s citizenship made him natural born, regardless of the location of his birth.
A Commonwealth Court judge first ruled against Elliott’s lawsuit March 10, declaring that a natural-born citizen “includes any person who is a United States citizen from birth.”
Elliott then appealed the decision to the state Supreme Court, which issued an order Thursday denying his appeal.
At least six other lawsuits against Cruz have been dismissed, though federal cases are pending in Texas and Alabama. Most of the cases that have been tossed so far have been dismissed on procedural grounds, excepting Elliott’s original lawsuit.
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RE: granted AT BIRTH means by virtue of Meeting requirements of Parent being citizen AND statute.
Let’s say I agree with you. Here’s the bottom line question,
If citizenship is granted AT BIRTH by virtue of Meeting requirements of 1) Parent being citizen AND 2) statute.
Does that qualify as being Natural Born?
Naturalized.
Well, this is where I believe the issue is NOT SETTLED.
It is settled. Citizenship by statute is naturalization.
RE: It is settled.
Who settled it?
If it were settled, why would courts allow Crux to continue campaigning for the Presidency?
SCOTUS.
Yes, exactly. For now, it’s not settled by any means.
Even liberal non-Ted Cruz supporter, Harvard law Prof. Lawrence Tribe says so.
SCOTUS has settled it.
RE: SCOTUS has settled it.
Well, it looks like someone has to put Ted Cruz’s case before the SCOTUS, and if you’re right, he will be disqualified (that is, if he wins the nomination ).
So far, he has won every single challenge.
Not sure if the definition describes ALL of the decisions made by different courts in different states.
What’s there to be afraid of? After all it’s only one candidate.
One other reason is a SINCERE belief that their decision is right.
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