Judge Nap: Cruz's American Citizenship Is Settled and Established

Fox ^ | 1/11/15 | Staff

[VinL]

Donald Trump continues to raise the issue of Sen.Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) American citizenship.

In a Fox News Sunday interview (below), Trump argued that the Canadian-born senator must "get this problem solved" before potentially running against a Democrat in the fall and facing a lawsuit.

"Does 'natural-born' mean born to the land, meaning born on the land? In that case, he's not. But nobody knows what it means because it hasn't been adjudicated and it hasn't gone to the Supreme Court," said Trump.

On America's Newsroom this morning, Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said that Cruz's American citizenship is "well-settled and established" under a law that goes back 100 years.

Napolitano said Cruz's citizenship cannot be questioned, since his mother was an American citizen when he was born.

"A human being born in another country with at least one parent who is an American citizen, who lived in the United States for at least one year during the parent's life before the birth, is an American citizen. That is exactly Ted Cruz's situation. ... [He] is a natural-born American citizen," Napolitano explained.

He agreed with Martha MacCallum that the reason for bringing this up is "political," not legal, since many voters may not know the law.

Napolitano said Cruz could benefit from getting this cleared up now, rather than later. But he noted that Trump is correct that the Supreme Court has never reviewed the law "because the issue has never come up."

[CatherineofAragon]

To: GrandJediMasterYoda

".If an Islamic enemy agent from Kenya working for the Muslim brotherhood can become President, then Ted Cruz sure as hell can."

Exactly what I have been saying. I think it at least a possibility that they are both members of the muslim brotherhood.

125 posted on 1/10/2016, 9:30:00 PM by JoSixChip

[grania]

So "Judge Nap" is saying that "citizen" and "natural born citizen" are the same thing? That's new.

Are the children of Grace Kelly, those regals in Monoco, eligible to be President of the US/?

[skeeter]

It really is disturbing to see what some of the groupies are reducing themselves to around here.

I thought it was a matter of common sense that worshiping politicians and wanna-be politicians is not a conservative trait.

[sickoflibs]

”Does anyone know more about litigation than Trump?” Trump said of himself. “Okay? I know a lot. I'm like a PhD in litigation.” (source)”

Trump: My investigators in Hawaii can't believe what they are finding (Posted by The Right Scoop on Apr 6, 2011)
MEREDITH VIEIRA:
You have people now out there searching- I mean, in Hawaii?
DONALD TRUMP:
Absolutely. And they cannot believe what they're finding. And I'm serious

[CatherineofAragon]

meant to ping you to #61

[VanDeKoik]

Does tho mean that the royalty of Monaco can run for president as well?

[VinL]

Uh...don’t vote for them.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“so he went crying to the ref”

Wait. I missed this part. Which ref did he cry to?

Surely you don’t mean the American people?

It seems Judge Nap is setting himself up as a ref.

[nikos1121]

Yeah, you guys are definitely out of line.

[TheCipher]

A human being born in another country with at least one parent who is an American citizen, who lived in the United States for at least one year during the parent's life before the birth, is an American citizen.

Not so. It depends on the year of birth of the child, the age and residency status of the mother. If the mother didn't satisfy the requirements, citizenship is not passed on. Those requirements are different for those born after 1986 and those born between 1957 and 1986 .

[VinL]

Certified Trump 3rd Grader- ignore.

[Timber Rattler]

Yeah, I saw it last night. These people are bat guano crazy!

[dem bums]

I assume you have heard of Charles Gordon. Surely. General Counsel for INS. Wrote a well respected treatise on Immigration

"Although the evidence of intent is slender, it seems likely that the natural-born qualification was intended only to exclude those who ere not born American citizens, but acquired citizenship by naturalization. The Framers were well aware of the need to assure full citizenship rights to the children born to American citizens in foreign countries."

[nikos1121]

I noticed he was on a show once where you could see under the table. His feet didn’t touch the floor.

[CatherineofAragon]

Someone sent me a link to a Trump rally thread and told me to check it out, it was like people from another planet. And it was. It was off-the-charts squealing cult worship. I was actually in an agony of embarrassment for them.

If you want to see disturbing, read post #61.

[pookie18]

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/429356/ted-cruz-natural-born-citizen

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/01/the_cruz_natural_born_citizen_fake_controversy.html

https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/01/an-unnaturally-born-non-controversy

http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/yes-ted-cruz-can-be-president

[CatherineofAragon]

LOL yep

[Chauncey Uppercrust]

So have it cleared up by 2 or 3 anti Christian Lesbians and a couple Conservatives?

[Chauncey Uppercrust]

So have it cleared up by 2 or 3 anti Christian Lesbians and a couple Conservatives?

[RummyChick]

Ginsburg believes her grandson born in France is eligible to run for POTUS