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To: WhiskeyX
Ted Cruz is eligible to serve as a Senator. Sen. Ted Cruz is ineligible to serve in the Office of the President or Vice president. He needs to take responsibility and promptly quash speculation about his being a candidate for POTUS in 2016.

Sorry, but the major authorities of the early United States say you're wrong. Ted Cruz is as eligible as any President who's ever served.

47 posted on 08/25/2013 1:53:09 PM PDT by Jeff Winston (Yeah, I think I could go with Cruz in 2016.)
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To: Jeff Winston
Ted Cruz was born in Canada

Jeff Winston citing a James Madison quote:

"It is an established maxim that birth is a criterion of allegiance. Birth however derives its force sometimes from place and sometimes from parentage, but in general place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States; it will therefore be unnecessary to investigate any other. Mr. Smith founds his claim upon his birthright; his ancestors were among the first settlers of that colony."

Madison, the Father of the Constitution, mentions both jus soli (the law of the soil, or place of birth) and jus sanguinis (the law of blood, or parentage) here. But notice the emphasis: "In general place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3003325/posts?page=23#23

Just one of many instances of this particular quote, and many similar.

Cruz is naturalized.

52 posted on 08/25/2013 4:21:13 PM PDT by Ray76 (Common sense immigration reform: Enforce Existing Law)
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To: Jeff Winston
Sorry, but the major authorities of the early United States say you're wrong. Ted Cruz is as eligible as any President who's ever served.

And here is lying Jeff with his usual lie. "ALL AUTHORITIES IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE AGREE WITH ME," When in fact, all Jeff has is a few LAWYERS who were NOT PRESENT as delegates or ratifying legislators and who's opinions are generally DECADES after the fact.

In fact Jeff has only ONE major authority that can even be regarded as agreeing with him, (James Madison) and even that one's actions belied his words. As President, Madison deliberately let a man remain in French custody for at LEAST 13 months and only permitted him to be freed AFTER evidence beyond proof of birth in South Carolina was provided by a Supreme Court Justice and a Congressman.

Jeff just doesn't HAVE any early authorities who are "Authoritative." All the ones who actually know what the Delegates intended are against Jeff.

(Franklin, Wilson, Washington, Marshall, Monroe, Armstrong, etc. )

93 posted on 08/26/2013 12:56:09 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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