Trumpmania = ObamaMania 2.0 - brainless, emotion-driven hubris.
I’m sorry no one can get excited about your candidate.
Quick Notes Version of the Eligibility Debate ...
[I’m no lawyer, but even lawyers have trouble with this — it’s a specialty topic.]
1. Original intent. No matter what original intent you look at, Cruz is not eligible.
— Some say ‘must have mother and father — US citizens when overseas.
— Some say ‘must at least have US father when overseas’
— Some insist you must be born in the US.
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2. Women Equal.
Now for the ‘women equal’ argument.
As you know, women are treated as equally as possible in the courts these days. That’s what Cruz is banking on — why can’t a mother alone make him qualify?
— But that is not original intent. So while it wins in court, it fails to end the controversy.
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It would be a good idea to empathetic toward Cruz supporters because we will need their help not only after the primary but after the election. Some of them are wicked-smart, and all of them seek advice from wicked-smart people. But this issue has been confusing for almost everyone up ‘til now.
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One counter-point to address ...
Even if courts invoke the 14th Amendment, that was debunked by Greetings Puny Humans, not a genuine intepretation:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3384380/posts?page=68#68
That’s it basically.
Ideally, we are best off to have someone absolutely rock-solid as ‘natural born’ by all major definitions.
The only reason we respect Cruz’ argument at all is because he’s such an awesome patriot-scholar in every other respect. Even his arch-enemy Tribe makes that clear.