The only thing that would clear this up is a Supreme Court ruling.
Arguing ‘experts’ do him no good and distracts from his campaigning.
Big mistake not to have put this into court already- maybe by a friendly challenge from the Texas Secretary of State.
The Establishment Republicans, those snakes, are influential among low-information voters, especially when they stab us in the back.
And creeps like Professor Laurence Tribe are influential over the senate AND over half of the House.
Even Rush says natural born status is a complex constitutional matter.
If 1/4 of republicans aren’t sure, the democrats WILL be sure. They will quote McStain, they will quote Majority Leader Mc-Conman. They will quote Rand Paul. And they will quote others.
Only two ways to clear this up ...
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Speaking of the Supreme Court, I don’t think Cruz should trust them.
Roberts is a creep. I could imagine him stalling out the ruling until after the freaking election, and all the activist-leftist judges would put on pom-poms to cheer him.
Not saying that would happen, but it’s a gamble. Roberts acts like he has been blackmailed or something.
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Therefore, what would be safest for Cruz to do is to debate Professor Laurence Tribe — to challenge him to a head-to-head fair-time no-moderator debate on this issue.
All Cruz supporters say that this is an easy issue to resolve. So?
Cruz is the best debator. Cruz is the most revered conservative constitutional scholar. And Professor Laurence Tribe? Far more respected than he deserves to be. Tribe would likely refuse to debate him.
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Why Tribe?
Cruz already mocked Trump for mentioning the professor regarding this issue. Tribe is one of the top progressive constitutional scholars there is. Maybe THE top. Been that way for decades. By takeing him down, Cruz would get a feather in his cap, advance conservatism, deconsctruct progressive interpretation of the constitution, and END this issue once and for all.
If the supreme court meddles after that, Trump would be more than a mere president, but a champion — a titan who could then call for the Constitution to be amendmended and AND judicial tyranny once and for all.
BUT ... if Cruz lets this issue fester, he loses his reputation.
And, in fact, given the low workload of SCOTUS, that's exactly what they should do - vet constitutional eligibility of every presidential candidate, by September 30 of the previous year -- which is the earliest closing primary date (S. Carolina) to declare and make the ballot.
This would also prevent late jumpers like Biden.