Posted on 01/17/2016 8:01:33 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Presidential candidate Donald Trump told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that he'll consider filing a lawsuit against Ted Cruz regarding his U.S. citizenship. Trump made the comments after Stephanopoulos asked whether he'd sue.
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Don’t kid yourself Trump will not sue because he knows that it will make him look really foolish when it is tossed out.
The courts will not decide, that's the "problem."
Trump speaks of Cruz going and getting a "declaratory judgement." I don't know where he gets the idea that this is even possible. France has its "Constitutionnel Conseil" that does that sort of thing,* but we do not. SCOTUS doesn't rule on hypothetical future possibilities, and is not authorized to do that.
Of course, Trump runs quickly to uber-Leftist "Rorshach Constitution" Lawrence Tribe to get an "expert" opinion. Which ought to tell you something about Trump.
*In France, legislators can run to the "Constitutionnel Conseil" to get a pre-determination of whether pending legislation or procedure would be constitutional or not. Sounds like a good idea at first, but who's appointing people to the Conseil?
Way to insult someone’s intelligence.
I don’t believe everything I read. I just happen to be highly skeptical of a lifelong progressive who runs in globalist elite circles who was bffs with the Clintons is now a conservative, America protecting enemy of Hillary now that he is running for president
He is not as bad as Obama. He doesn’t hate America. But he is far from some great American hero either.
Your education credentials are irrelevant here. Your words speak for themselves. I've worked and corresponded with all sorts of people, and the quality of the exchange suggests a certain degree of education, but sometimes "uneducated" people are smarter, better spoken, more accurate, etc., than the educated ones.
Tribe was Cruz’s professor in Law School? Said he was one of his most gifted students. Said he, Cruz, was an originalist regarding the constitution.
I have no dog in this fight, other than I screamed about Obama not being eligible. I think the CLinton ranks were the original birthers. You don’t think they’ll do the same to Cruz?
If it maked no difference then it makes no difference, but Cruz is spending an awful lot of time talking about it.
He had a bad week last week, when it should have been a good one.
You’re right, no way would Trump pick Rubio. Trump has the strongest work ethic I’ve ever seen. Rubio doesn’t bother to show up for work. I’m sure Rubio’s poor work ethic disgusts Trump.
>>Or businesswoman.
Well, okay.....as long as it’s not Snarly Carly : )
Your are still being dishonest. You are still posting things you have read about Trump that are not true.
And as far as a preference goes. I prefer someone who has not voted for TPA or the Corker bill.
I prefer a leader, not a lawyer.
The CRUZ Trump battle should be broken down to constitution original content or living document once paper work is filed. Most Cruz supporters
do not think of this aspect at this time.
If (Once) Trump takes Iowa then it's in the bag for him.
If he does not take Iowa then he waits until NH, SC are won and then it's in the bag.
At that point he will garner many GOPee supporters who want to be on the winning team and Trump will also start a kiss-and-make-up plan with the other candidates.
I also believe Trump will tell GOPee bigwigs in private that he will 'play ball' for their team... it will be a LIE to stave off a 3rd party run by a RINO to deny him enough electoral votes to win outright and send the election to the house. Trump plays a hard, smart game. So far I see zero big mistakes. He brought a 'Business is business' attitude into this that is serving him well.
The other candidates will be jockeying for a spot in the cabinet or as VP.
I still hope for a Trump/Cruz ticket and I'm as yet unconvinced that there is actual bad blood between the two men.
Once Trump has the nomination wrapped up he will really start grinding the likely Dem candidates into dust.
No way things go much past March without everyone realizing that Trump will not only win the nomination but also the presidency.
If the dems run Bernie or Biden then you can be certain they have realized they are going to lose and are putting in a Dole as designated loser.
Hillary would do so bad that it would ruin their chance of retaking the Senate so IMO Hillary is out.
But we have dealt with this type of Democrat before.
If Trump/Barnum or anyone else files such suit, they will none have standing, as they can not show any harm HAS BEEN DONE. There is no standing for hypothetical future events.
Trump knows this, is why he just keeps inferring, inferring, inferring.
What dignity?
I've seen bigger, but not as nasty as this. It only gets this nasty when battling Democrats. Oh wait . . .
The constitution gives congress the power over naturalization. Therefore, NBC does not flow from the naturalization process.
NBC, like militia, are not defined as they were commonly used terms that everyone understood
You are out of line! It's FReepers like you, with all the unnecessary name calling that drive people away from this site and more towards Trump.
I watched get schooled by Jim Rob last night on who he supports and yet today, you persist in being ugly.
If you disagree that Trump is for my keeping my guns, then you can do it with civility!
This is why election cases that end up in the courts almost always center on ballot access by voters, due process of voters, and those sorts of things. Denying someone the right to vote involves actual -- and irreparable -- harm in our system of government. Allowing the "wrong candidate" on the ballot is rarely a matter for courts to decide. This is why the U.S. Supreme Court never took up the infamous case in New Jersey a few years ago when that fossil Frank Lautenberg was dragged out of a graveyard and put on the ballot in place of Robert Torricelli even though the deadline for finalizing the ballot under state law had passed.
An Yiu unaware that Trumps sister was a colleague , with identical record, of Sam Alito. She even spoke in his behalf at his senate confirmation hearing. Do you suppose that over a holiday dinner the subject may have been breached? Possibly even after she had a conversation with a friend and former colleague.
You make judgments not knowing what is going on behind scene
This is kabuki. Just wait till the next act. Don’t criticize the actors they are just playing a part
The ironic thing is his professor remembers him as an original constitutionalist but to qualify he would have to embrace the living document theory. Hmmmm that’s why I say he is playing a role to get in the history books
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