The only person with standing (harmed) would have been Hillary. He bought her off with DoS
ANy of the current candidates who place under him. Maybe Random PAUL. He certainly could be considered a supporter of constitution
Trump is giving Cruz a chance to save face.
But remember if Cruz is said to not qualify it opens up BHO too.
Yeah, but it’s too late to do anything about BHO.
Besides there is a difference. BHO claims to have been born in Hawaii to one citizen parent. Cruz was born in Canada to one citizen parent. McCain was born on a US military base in Panama to two citizen parents.
Here’s how SCOTUS would rule:
Neither voters nor opposing candidates have standing to challenge any presidential candidate’s eligibility in court. And the courts have no jurisdiction. The only institution with authority is the Electoral College.
But the electors don’t need to go to the courts anyway as they are already given broad powers - even to the extreme case of voting for a different candidate than the winner of the individual elector’s state (for most states).
Well within such broad powers is the authority to resolve ambiguity in the Constitution’s definition of natural born citizen. If electors decide a candidate doesn’t meet the requirement, they are free to vote for another candidate. If this results in no candidate having a majority of electoral votes, the Constitution provides that the state delegations in the House of Representatives elect the president.
Consider a hypothetical: what if the fatherhood of a foreign born candidate is in doubt - say in the case of in vitro fertilization where the records were lost, destroyed, or dubious, but there was a strong suggestion the father was foreign born (and the mother was natural born by the most stringent definition).
The individual electors are empowered by the Constitution to either vote for or against this candidate, not based on evidence, but on their own belief. As above, no court would have the authority to hear the case.
The Founders provided a safety valve in the form of the individual judgment of the members of the Electoral College - not lawyers, statutes, legal tracts, or judges. They knew the will of The People of a republic would be in better hands that way.
But remember if Cruz is said to not qualify it opens up BHO too.
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Which just might be the whole point. I’d give up Cruz to get Obama any day of the week. All of Obama’s destruction of our liberties and of the foundations of this country would be null and void! Could be Trump’s way of finally getting Obama. Remember he brought up the issue with Obama a long time ago.