Posted on 01/11/2016 6:52:52 PM PST by PJBankard
Based on the current knowledge of Ted Cruz's citizenship, would Ted Cruz be considered eligible for the presidency at the time of our Founding Fathers (1788 - 1840).
Facts About Ted Cruz:
1) Mother was U.S. Citizen
2) Father was a foreign Citizen
3) Born in Foreign Country (Canada was a British Colony at the time)
4) Held Dual Citizenship
On July 25, 1787, John Jay wrote to George Washington, presiding officer of the Convention:
Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government, and to declare expressly that the Command in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen.
While the Committee on Detail originally proposed that the President must be merely a citizen as well as a resident for 21 years, the Committee of Eleven changed "citizen" to "natural born citizen" without recorded explanation after receiving Jay's letter. The Convention accepted the change without further recorded debate.
Yeah, that Clinton would be better than Obama.
In your world where one is either 0 or 1, guess what. You are 0 too along with Clinton and Obama. Because 1 is God level.
Your response is full of pride and ignorant of the universal need of grace.
“He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.” (Proverbs 26:27)
No where in the Naturalization act of 1790 does citizenship flow exclusively through the father as you have asserted. See post 38 for more details.
You gonna throw some Scripture at ME now?
Fare thee well.
Remember Proverbs 26:27, for whom it may apply...
“He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.”
The real question here is “WHAT DOES GOD WANT US TO DO.”
That casts these quarrels in quite a different light.
In some cases you can come up with a different read depending on what authorities you have gone to. In which case the conventional answer is the court. Which has in the case of Obama just denied standing, never actually answering the question.
1 John 2:9...”Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.”
Read it, if the shoe fits wear it, otherwise put it in the bin of unused shoes.
And I am not spamming like another soul is. Abusus non tollit usum.
Guys, you are both awesome people. Let us stay focused on the removal of the Scripture-flacking Denial-of-Service troll.
Stop spamming Free Republic with Scripture in your denial-of-service attack, troll.
Proverbs 6:12-19 – “A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.”
Quit with your attempts to attack Free Republic with a Denial of Service attack, using your repeated and spammed Scripture.
Stop spamming Free Republic and attempting to flood it in your Denial of Service attack, Troll.
We had this argument last night and you continue to be wrong. First, the INA of 1790 was repealed so all you can argue is intent. Second, any cursory research of the subject will produce numerous references to the fact that blacks, Indians, and women were specifically excluded from the Act. So we are back to the meaning of what is a NBC.
What I find hilarious is all the Cruz supporters on here arguing that he’s a NBC and it doesn’t matter because Obama was elected. Well let’s see. Obama was a 4 yr US senator at the time of election with zero accomplishments in the Senate, born of a U.S. mother and foreign national father, with a questionable place of birth. In Cruz, we would have a 4 year US senator with no record of accomplishments in the Senate, born of a U.S. mother and a foreign national father, only we know Ted was born in a foreign country. Sounds just like Obama, except he had the moxy to in all likelihood forge a birth certificate. How many of the posters on here were arguing for Obama to produce his b/c or arguing that he wasn’t a NBC. It’s funny how principles go out the window when you want to hope for something bad enough.
This is very simple for Ted. Produce his U.S passport or his CRBA and we are probably finished with this debate. Ted has produced neither which means he probably doesn’t have them.
Eccl 10:14? :-)
Nobody has to be stuck in the “Fool” position although we’ve all lived it at some time or other.
That’s what “Grace” is about.
“The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.” (Proverbs 10:18)
“Blessed is me, when men shall hate me” (Luke 6:22)
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