Posted on 01/14/2016 6:00:17 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told Newsmax TV on Wednesday that Ted Cruz might ultimately "end up in the courts" on the question of his citizenship and how it might affect his presidential campaign. "I've had this problem ever since Cruz announced," DeLay, the five-term Texas Republican who served from 2003 to 2005, told "The Steve Malzberg Show" in an interview.
"There is a difference between the definition of natural born and naturalization — and it has not been settled by any branch of government. "Cruz needs to address this in some way because it is a cloud right now in Iowa," DeLay said. [...]
DeLay, however, told Malzberg that the "most expedient" way for Cruz to settle any questions is to work through the courts. "You can't do anything through Congress," he said. "Congress isn't going to pass any bill to protect him — and I'm sure [President Barack] Obama wouldn’t sign anything. "He's going to the courts if he's the nominee. The Democrats will use every avenue available to them.
"They sued me over a valid issue," DeLay said, referring to a 2006 lawsuit brought by Democrats after he dropped his re-election bid. "They'll sue him. "He'll end up in the courts one way or another."
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Sorry Tom, the “science is settled”; the debate is over...
Haven’t you read the news this past week?
Cruz is officially A-OK.
That was still in March of 2015. If he had reservations then, he could have said something then.
They already decided the forced association of Obamacare was okay. I can't WAIT to see how this one turns out. /S
“Unless someone can produce naturalization paperwork that made him a citizen later in his life, he’s natural born”
Cruz is a natural born citizen of Canada.
To obtain his US citizenship he had to file paperwork, pay a fee and go through a process.
He only became a US citizen after this process was completed. It’s unclear when he did this but it was likely many years after he was born, when his family decided to move to the US.
There is paperwork for all of this and we’ll see it sooner or later.
What I’d be curious about here is any buzz going on among Democrats. Will they, indeed, push the issue.
Ironically it could be Trump the Democrats fear more. They can predict Cruz even if they hate Cruz. They never quite know what Trump is going to come up with.
he was born in a foreign country to a foreign father. He’s not a NBC by any stretch. He’s a citizen.
They will most certainly use every tool at their disposal to defeat either candidate.
So now the GOPe cares about eligibility?
Seriously?
De Lay did not say he would sue. He said that Ted will likely be sued. Do you think the dims won’t?
Cruz -
can’t prove he was born in America AND (not or) can’t prove his parents were Citizens.
Nuthin to see here folks, move on...
Yeah that will carry the day
Nit
By the contemporary laws of both lands, arguably counted “natural born” of both. The fee and paperwork wasn’t to “OBTAIN” the US citizenship, it was to get official affirmation of it. There wouldn’t have been any of the requirements demanded of foreigners.
DIRTY little secrets:
“Natural Born Citizen” is a legal term well established in English common law by 1720—it’s a LITTLE BIT older than the U,S, of A.
“Our Barry” is no way in hell qualified as a natural born citizen and EVERYBODY DOWN IN DC KNOWS IT.
That’s EVERYBODY!!!
A "natural born citizen" is someone who was a citizen at birth. The child of a U.S. citizen parent qualifies by definition.
Everything else is chasing figments of the imagination. Going back to the drafting of the constitution, the whole point of the citizenship requirement was to ensure that no political faction would be tempted to import a European figure with a title and possible star appeal, naturalize him after 90 days in Massachusetts or South Carolina, and reinsert the aristocratic principle into American politics. It really is that simple.
So if Congress as to pass a law under the Constitution it doesn’t matter.
Man you’re desperate.
DeLay is a true conservative and raises some good points here. A fellow Texan trying to help Ted out. Yet Ted goes crazy when issue is raised like he is trying to avoid something (besides his unreported $1MM+ Goldman Sachs loan).
He released his Canadian birth certificate. He proved he was NOT born in America.
I worked for his first campaign when he was elected. I had lots of respect for him and confident I was voting for a man who’d help change America.
When he resigned I lost all respect for him as a leader. He just took the money and ran. He turned from a real hammer to a preschool kids plastic hammer where he remains now and I would not vote for him for any office.
What paperwork beyond a record of his birth? What process? Did it require someone to approve, or just a record of birth?
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