Idiots echoing idiocy.
Everyone knows DT is stirring it up trying to keep Cruz from winning Iowa. DT makes Huck look an amateur. Of course he is a NY liberal so the art of Alinsky comes naturally for him.
The intentional lie of this post is disgusting. One must be born on USA soil or its military bases. I know of no military bases in Canada. Do you?
So, why didn’t this newspaper quote the 1790 law that made things so crystal clear?
I would care about this if I knew Cruz was going to be the nominee but since he has self destructed, I think Trump is the nominee so at this time, I don’t care what Cruz is.
The 1790 Immigration Act was repealed. Try something else.
Natural born citizen means born here of citizen parents.
No foreign parents.
No foreign births.
No other citizenship possible.
Ridiculous in the very first paragraph. The 1790 law did have that obvious error but it was promptly corrected by the 1795 immigration act. (and Congress lacks the direct power to change the constitution in the first place, of course...)
I love Cruz but this article is a dog that don’t hunt, sorry
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If the election and coronation of the anti-American scumbag soiling the White House right now is the standard we can only conclude there are no standards.
This story, at the link you posted is utter GARBAGE and doesn’t cover Ted’s case at all.
The author has his facts all wrong.
Well it’s ignorant and foolish to say it is a non-issue. It is an issue. It has never been resolved.
Now while I have made it clear of my intense dislike for Cruz, I do think he is eligible ASSUMING one of his parents was an American citizen when he was born.
...any Alien being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof on application...the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens: Provided, that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States
How can the New Terrapin Gazette say this act would make Cruz a natural born citizen? The act seems unclear. It is saying that the father must have been a U.S. resident but seems to imply that residency may have lead to U.S. citizenry. But it seems unclear. If the father is required to be a U.S. citizen for their foreign-born child to be a natural born citizen, then that leaves Cruz out.
Was this act ever repealed or replaced? Since it was passed two years after the Constitution was ratified, it is persuasive as to original understanding of the term "natural born citizen" as far as it goes, but it is unclear about the status of the father other than U.S. residency.
Hell, Why don’t we just make the choosing a President like jury duty.
“You have been selected to be on phone alert to serve as President of the United States of America, Monday through Friday, Feb 1 - 5, 2016; from 9am to 5pm. Please plan to arrive within 30 minutes of being alerted.
Please place this card on your cars dashboard to provide free parking in the White House lot.” ;-)
> “1790 Immigration Act”
The article begins with a lie.
And who is this dimwit who rests his declaration on the 1790 act which was repealed in 1795? A total crackpot to be sure!
After the last two Presidential Elections; the answer, apparently, is "anyone"... really; anyone. No qualifications, whatsoever.
Let’s bring science into it.
How about an In-vitro President?
Let’s take the sperm from an anonymous donor, the egg from an American mother and implant the embryo in a rich woman in Hong Kong. The baby is born in Hong Kong.
American citizen? If so, naturalized or natural born?
Reverse some of the situation. Anonymous sperm donor, egg from Hong Kong alien female. Embryo implanted in Hong Kong into American woman. Baby born in Hong Kong.
American citizen? If so, naturalized or natural born?
If you go down this road it can get really complicated.
It is politics. Everyone knows the dimoKKKRATS will use the same tactics on Ted.