I am not a lawyer, but I do not need to be to know what “natural born” under our Constitution means. I have decided to call it a birthright. Circumstances of birth. There is a claim out there that Cruz has the evangelists, so called ‘social conservatives’. Many of them will boldly claim they are no longer under even God's law. It does make sense they do not care if Cruz fits the “original intent” of the Constitutional requirement to hold the office of president.
I have yet to see/hear/read from Cruz on down with any measurable credibility that Cruz is ‘natural born’. All manner of obfuscation has been hurled to make Cruz appear to fit their personal idea of what constitutes conservative credentials...
The ultra liberals liberal Larry Tribe could care less about “original intent” and he may well defend Cruz in any eligibility case. Now would not that be fun. But what Tribe has reportedly said that I have read, was Cruz's claim to fame was “original intent” of the Constitution... Now it is evident that Cruz intends to exempt himself from original intent.
Why do I owe Cruz, something that no court or act of congress can give him? There is nothing conservative about flaunting the Constitution.
The N.A. of 1790 was law created by a Congress that included founding fathers along with 8 of the 11 framers of the constitution. You can disagree with them if you like. I consider the founders as not rash individuals who were very deliberate in their writings and wrote with a clear purpose. I have no reason to argue their intent in the N.A. of 1790 and I take it as unambiguously written.
And being written by a Congress that included founding fathers along with 8 of the 11 framers of the constitution - I don’t know how much more “original” you can get if you are divining “original intent”.
Like I’ve said before, that was not *my* law or *my* words — that was law written by the founding fathers in their own words: Children born to citizens outside the nation were to be considered “Natural Born Citizens”.
If Ted Cruz was Okie-Dokie in the Founding Father’s opinions, who am I to argue with their original intent, as clearly and unambiguously written in the legislative record?
But good luck with your preferred candidate!