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To: gusty

Article 2 Section 1 specifically calls for a ‘natural born Citizen’ to be president, not a Citizen. See John Jay’s letter to George Washington when framing the presidential clause.


69 posted on 06/11/2014 9:54:52 PM PDT by Sam Troy
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To: Sam Troy

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“So the one remaining question is whether Ted Cruz was a citizen at birth. That’s an easy one. The Nationality Act of 1940 outlines which children become “nationals and citizens of the United States at birth.” In addition to those who are born in the United States or born outside the country to parents who were both citizens — or, interestingly, found in the United States without parents and no proof of birth elsewhere — citizenship goes to babies born to one American parent who has spent a certain number of years here.

That single-parent requirement has been amended several times, but under the law in effect between 1952 and 1986 — Cruz was born in 1970 — someone must have a citizen parent who resided in the United States for at least 10 years, including five after the age of 14, in order to be considered a natural-born citizen. Cruz’s mother, Eleanor Darragh, was born in Delaware, lived most of her life in the United States, and gave birth to little Rafael Edward Cruz in her 30s. Q.E.D.

So why all the brouhaha about where Obama was born, given that there’s no dispute that his mother, Ann Dunham, was a citizen? Because his mother was 18 when she gave birth to the future president in 1961 and so couldn’t have met the 5-year-post-age-14 residency requirement. Had Obama been born a year later, it wouldn’t have mattered whether that birth took place in Hawaii, Kenya, Indonesia, or anywhere else. (For those born since 1986, by the way, the single citizen parent must have only resided here for five years, at least two of which must be after the age of 14.)

In short, it may be politically advantageous for Ted Cruz to renounce his Canadian citizenship before making a run at the White House, but his eligibility for that office shouldn’t be in doubt. As Tribe and Olson said about McCain — and could’ve said about Obama, or the Mexico-born George Romney, or the Arizona-territory-born Barry Goldwater — Cruz “is certainly not the hypothetical ‘foreigner’ who John Jay and George Washington were concerned might usurp the role of Commander in Chief.””


73 posted on 06/11/2014 9:58:49 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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To: Sam Troy

Dear Concern Troll,

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76 posted on 06/11/2014 10:04:45 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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To: Sam Troy

Since Ted Cruz never participated in a naturalization ceremony to become a citizen, ipso facto he is a natural born citizen. There is only two categories of citizens, natural born and naturalized. Since Ted Cruz was never naturalized,and his mother was an American citizen, he is a natural born citizen, since there is no third category, period. Since the same people who wrote and ratified the Constitution also defined what a citizen is in 1790, either natural born or naturalized.


77 posted on 06/11/2014 10:06:20 PM PDT by gusty (9)
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To: Sam Troy

natural born means citizen at birth and absolutely nothing else


102 posted on 06/12/2014 12:41:45 AM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Sam Troy

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145 posted on 06/12/2014 8:23:00 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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