Posted on 01/16/2016 3:02:27 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was born in Canada; he is not a "natural born citizen," and he is not eligible to be president.
And this is an issue that isn't going away, contrary to The Sacramento Bee's assertion, ("Trump's 'birther' lunacy, the sequel," Editorials, Jan. 7)
The Constitution is very precise: "No person except a natural born citizen ... shall be eligible to the office of President." The founders knew what they meant.
John Jay, later the first chief justice of the United States, wrote: "the commander in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolve on, any but a natural born citizen." Later, one of the authors of the 14th Amendment, Rep. John Bingham of Ohio, wrote: "Who are natural born citizens but those born within the Republic?"
Congress has passed a statute that says if one of your parents is a U.S. citizen, you are an American citizen, too, no matter where you were born. Cruz's mother was born in Delaware. That makes him a "citizen" by statute, but not a "natural born citizen" within the meaning of the Constitution.
If both of Cruz's parents had been American-born, Cruz would have a stronger case. However, his father was born in Cuba.
Every other president and presidential candidate in our history was born either within the United States or one of its possessions. At no time ever was Calgary, Canada, where Cruz was born in 1970, a U.S. possession.
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LOL Trump cult. Rabid aren’t they? Reminds me of the Obama cult. How quickly we forget.
You do know that Trump said he only pulled the birther card because of Cruz’ rise in the polls, right?
Forgetting your obvious ignorance on this subject, why would one need laws and or statutes if one is Natural Born?
He lost his Canadian Citizenship the instant he voted in a US election. That’s the law up here. I know because my sister had dual citizenship.
Will have to sign you up as one of the legalize on that side of the case when it is heard.
Obama was born in Hawaii. When he was born he was an American citizen, and by virtue of his father, also a Kenyan citizen. He is not a natural born citizen. There is only ONE JOB he cannot have. He has it.
The candidate or Party certifies to the state SOS that the candidate is eligible.
Wow, and we call libs mindless robots.
If Levin told you to jump off a bridge, would you do that too?
FRiend, that was a remarkably sheep post.
So why did he in 2014 renounce his Canadian citizenship ? Check it out. I’ve been trying to find the answer and can’t
Levin looks the other way when it comes to Cruz. Gives him a pass. Levin is an ignoramus blowhard.
“Maybe Cruz can bring up Trump’s elderly mother again. It sure swayed me!”
Ted Cruz lied in the debate. Trump’s mother was a U.S. citizen by naturalization at his birth, and Donald Trump was a natural born citizen as defined by Vattel’s Law of Nations, Calvin’s Case 1608, and the Naturalization Act of 1541.
What if said candidate is only 30 years old?
from Canada’s point of view.
Cruz obviously felt that he needed to formalize renunciation, but the timing of that renunciation is my issue.
Why are they questioning TC birth place when we’ve had that POS in the White House for 8 years and we still don’t know where the hell he was born, and we all know it was Kenya.
A “natural born citizen” is a person who is born a citizen of the US and does not need to be naturalized. Cruz was born a citizen by his mother’s US citizenship. Case closed.
Even Trump agree he is eligible until Cruz started to get close to him in the polls.
Here is an article
“After much thought, I agree. Ted Cruz was born an alien, in another country. He received citizenship through Congress, by law not birth. The law states he is a citizen, not a natural born citizen.”
Well said, I agree whole heartily.
A “natural born citizen†is a person who is born a citizen of the US and does not need to be naturalized. Cruz was born a citizen by his mother’s US citizenship. Case closed.
Even Trump agree he is eligible until Cruz started to get close to him in the polls.
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Is that you...Mark Levin?
No, but Levin would make a great Attorney General or SCOTUS justice for a Cruz administration.
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