[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Here’s my last debate tracking of Cruz eligibility ...

Yosemitest FOR eligibility ....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3386507/posts?page=183#183

Lively back-and-forth followed.

I’m no longer tracking it. Looks settled.

He might win in court, very likely. But too many originalist interpretations would define him as ineligible. Will never be a slam-dunk answer to vindicate Cruz.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Uups ... I mean’t to ping you too to post 27.

[Cboldt]

Even current case law, August 2015, would have Cruz naturalized.

Yosemitest is a kook. He's not alone.

[frog in a pot]

He might win in court, very likely. But too many originalist interpretations would define him as ineligible. Will never be a slam-dunk answer to vindicate Cruz.

Those that include one born in another country to a non-citizen parent as a NBC, reduce NBC to the lowest possible form of citizenship; a form that requires governmental acknowledgment to even exist.

One can argue the language the founders used when they created the position of Commander-in-Chief doesn't require an "originalist interpretation" at all. Out of the entire government scheme, they required NBC for this office alone. Because the founders were giving the CiC of the nation's armed services unlimited power and authority over the nation, they intended he not be subject to the influence of any other country through birth or parentage.

Those who argue that is not what the founder's intended have the burden of proving otherwise.