Ted Weighs In!
Posted on 01/12/2016 10:09:44 AM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
Donald Trump is actually right about something: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is not a natural-born citizen and therefore is not eligible to be president or vice president of the United States.
The Constitution provides that "No person except a natural born citizen . . . shall be eligible to the office of President." The concept of "natural born" comes from the common law, and it is that law the Supreme Court has said we must turn to for the concept's definition. On this subject, the common law is clear and unambiguous. The 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, the preeminent authority on it, declared natural-born citizens are "such as are born within the dominions of the crown of England," while aliens are "such as are born out of it."
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Cruz is, of course, a U.S. citizen. As he was born in Canada, he is not natural born. His mother, however, is an American, and Congress has provided by statute for the naturalization of children born abroad to citizens. Because of the senator's parentage, he did not have to follow the lengthy naturalization process that aliens without American parents must undergo. Instead, Cruz was naturalized at birth.
Oh. So now all of a sudden they’re concerned about it? Obama sniffers.
See? If Obama had been a Republican, he would have been destroyed over his eligibility. Cruz will be destroyed over his eligibility, because he’s not a Democrat and isn’t a dark skinned Hispanic.
Wait, then how can Obama sit in office? His father certainly wasn’t a US citizen.
That’s a good question, but it needs to be dealt with on the plane of citizenship, not natural born citizenship. If they are not made citizens, there will of course be no issue of them being natural born citizens, and the theoretical chance that an anchor baby might one day ascend to the Presidency is a pretty minor issue as compared to the millions of anchor babies flooding into our society, qualifying their parents for benefits and legal status, overcrowding schools and hospitals, growing up in an un-assimilated culture, joining gangs, etc. It seems pretty straightforward to me that the child of a diplomat born in the U.S. is not a citizen, much less a natural born citizen, ergo, neither is the child of two parents neither of which has any legal right to be here. But that will have to be sorted out by the three branches of the federal government.
Nor do those who do willingly do the job of propagating this horse squeeze for them.
AND I cannot imagine that Cruz slept through Hillry’s birthing the birther movement of the current resident. The Constitution is to liberals whatever they say it is and means... and surely Cruz did not enter this race thinking the liberals were going to ignore such a plum opportunity to clip his wings.
There’s no legal category of citizenship called “naturalized at birth but not natural born”. It doesn’t exist. Cruz is absolutely eligible.
All that maters is liberals get what they want. Same as it ever was KC.
Cruz who is acting like he doesn’t want to be thrown into the brier patch surly knows that if he is not natural born citizen neither is OBAMA. To get a settled judgment for his situation also nullifies the current presidents term.
So it seems he or another current candidate WOULD have standing to obtain a decision from the SCOTUS. Rand Paul may since being removed from debate stage have the best standing thus far.
Remember Trumps sister was an appellate jurist She was a colleague and close friend of Sam Alito. They had up to his appointment to SC an identical record.
Thomas admitted the court was discussing the issue way back.
That’s funny, since just the other day they ran an article headlined, “Unfortunately, Ted Cruz Is Eligible”.
Citizens, yes. Natural born citizens, no. Statutory citizenship = citizen. Common law citizen = natural born citizen.
Heard on FOX News a while ago that Trump is playing “Born in the USA” at his rallies. He sticks it to Cruz and Bruce Springsteen at the same time. I love Cruz but concede you are probably right on this. The Supreme Court could save him but won’t because they’re afraid of being seen as political meddlers.
Trump is an idiot. Article III courts don’t make declaratory judgements and the Naturalization Act of 1790 is the one and only document that defined natural born citizens. And it was made law by the First Congress which is exactly what Article III courts look toward when interpreting original intent.
It’s rather simple: naturalized means not natural born. Not being natural born requires that you be naturalized.
What it means is that Congress, which has the power to determine naturalization laws, can pass citizenship to whoever they want or however they want. When this is done, it is "naturalization," even if you are born into it. According to the Law of Nations, as used by the Founding fathers, an NBC must be born to two citizen parents and on American soil. According to English common law, an individual can receive natural born status while being outside the country, but this passes from the Father.
Ted Cruz is thus invalidated by both legal standards in use by the founding fathers at the time the constitution was written.
If Cruz became the nominee, we would see and hear the main stream media drum beat about his lack of eligibility times 10.
Obama was eligible, ANYONE is now eligible.
You are fighting for your country. Your constitution isn’t followed anymore. Better fight to win.
Your tagline means that under every comment, you display an extreme level of ignorance about the most basic element of this question: the distinction between “U.S. citizen” and “natural born citizen”. I’d be embarrassed to travel through these forums like that.
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