I thought it might be helpful to look at the actual language.
“No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.”
Notice the lower case letters on nbc. My memory (it may be fuzzy) is that the second clause was added to allow those like Ben Franklin to be eligible. My memory is that Franklin was born in France.
My memory is also that Cruz released a white paper many months ago on the NBC language, and his eligibility. It reviewed all statutory and case law.
For what it is worth, I would trust the research of Cruz before I would Coulter.
Ann, if you’ve got more research or data, other than a lame innuendo, be an adult and give it up.
Gwjack
My memory is that Franklin was born in France.
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Franklin was born in Boston, MASS of English born parents..
“For what it is worth, I would trust the research of Cruz before I would Coulter.”
For what it is worth? Gold.
Franklin was born in Boston. He represented the US in France during the Revolution.
Hamilton had been born outside the US on the island of St. Kitts. I suppose he was constitutionally eligible to be president because he had been serving in the army during the Revolution and was living in the country at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, but he had so many enemies that he wouldn't have been elected.
For what it is worth, I would trust the research of Cruz before I would Coulter.
Ann has been talking about this for some time. But she's been erratic. Sometimes she says she says Cruz is ineligible. Sometimes she says she doesn't know. Once she tweeted that he was eligible. But surely Ted Cruz can't be the judge in this matter. He has a personal interest in the outcome.