Posted on 04/30/2016 5:29:17 PM PDT by dynoman
GREENFIELD, Ind. — At a campaign stop just days before the critical Indiana primary, Heidi Cruz, wife of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, said one of her husband's strengths in the campaign is that he "is an immigrant."
"Ted is an immigrant," Mrs. Cruz said, emphasizing the word "is." "He is Hispanic."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
What you need to do is to understand that the definition in the Constitution is the definition operative at the time it was written. Natural born citizen at the time of the founding of the United States was universally understood to be the child of that is why it is not further defined.
The Founders referred to Vattel: The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens.
“The Law of Nations” provides the Constitutional definition of a “natural born citizen, historical records reveal that Vattel’s work was quoted at the Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787, various State Constitutional Conventions, and was also referenced in a 1785 letter by John Jay regarding a diplomatic matter.
Rep. John Bingham, framer of the 14th Amendment- I find no fault with the introductory clause [S 61 Bill], which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen -Rep. John Bingham, framer of the 14th Amendment, before The US House of Representatives ((Cong. Globe, 39th, 1st Sess., 1291, March 9, 1866 ) http://grou.ps/zapem/blogs/3787
Further evidence of the Founder’s understanding of the term natural born citizen:
The Naturalization Act of 1790 stated “children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond the sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural-born citizens.”, but “considered as” does not change the definition of the term or the fact of the physical circumstances of birth, nor can conferring a privilege by statute change an eligibility requirement in the Constitution. The 1790 Act also provided that its terms only applied to the law then in effect, which was changed with the repeal of it in 1795.
When this Act was reconsidered, Madison himself pointed out that Congress only had constitutional authority to naturalize aliens, not U.S. citizens, and reported a bill that amended the statute to eliminate the words “natural born” and simply state that “the children of citizens of the United States” born abroad “shall be considered as citizens.” This indicates that Madison’s view was that children born abroad of U.S. citizens were naturally aliens, rather than natural born citizens, and thus could be naturalized by Congressional statute but should not be called “natural born.” Congress adopted this amendment in the Naturalization Act of 1795.
oh...as opposed to Trump’s lifetime of consistency on ANY issue?
Abortion?
Partial Birth Abortion?
Tax the Rich?
Touchback Amnesty?
Tranny bathrooms?
Single Payer Healthcare?
I may be wrong, but wasn’t 24 hours a day?
or Door#3 (suggested by Ted Grant) when he said “I think Heidi wants this to be over.” Good one! May be the winning door!
Door #3 Heidi wants this to be over.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/10/ted-cruz-renounces-canadian-citizenship.html
Mr. Rafael Edward Cruz
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I know that.
There are no other provisions in the Constitution or in any of its amendments that refer to positive or natural law.
Obtuse and verbose simultaneously while saying nothing of either import or importance. Well done.
It says "natural born citizen."
And you said you use your own definition of "natural born citizen." What is your definition?
Is simply "born in the US" your definition? Is it simply "a US citizen at birth" as in USC 8?
To be a NBC, a child MUST be born on AMERICAN SOIL ( USA ! ) and have TWO parents who are BOTH AMERICAN CITIZENS ( born here of naturalized PRIOR to the birth of the child! ) at the time of the child's birth!
Teddy's father was still a CUBAN CITIZEN ( or perhaps a Canadian one, we don't really know for certain; except that he was NOT an American citizen until 2005, which we DO know for certain! ) at the time of Teddy's birth.
All YOU have is your uneducated opinion and a snarky, condescending tone.
I have the words from the USA GOVERNMENT and the Constitution!
Factually incorrect. Barry was not the first usurper.
21st President Chester Arthur's father was Canadian at the time of his birth. So the first usurper was a Republican.
The burden of proof is on Cruz as required. Not me. He is still hiding his records. Why don’t you get on his case?
Its not easy being married to a Canadian anchor baby.
“is Heidi just a wee bit jealous Cruz and Carly are this close lately?”
Was reading about Carly’s campaign shenanigans the last time she ran against Boxer. The woman stiffed her vendors and suppliers - including the widow of her former campaign manager.
Cruz & Carla - birds of the same feather
Even his wife knows he is ineligible.
Except Chester A. Arthur.
Do you really think I needed to be told that?
I’m a cradle Catholic, but I FREQUENTLY misspeak, and refer to “my Muslim faith.” It happens ALL THE TIME! And the same is true with all my cradle Catholic friends!
Your irrelevant conversation isn't helping you any.
He’s got a green card marriage and two anchor babies.
To be fair I think Ted might have been trying to tell a joke when he said that. But the look his mom gave him looked more like WTH? look.
Yeah, they all think it cute to be a scummy lawyer, like Cruz.
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