Ted Cruz Is A 'Natural Born Citizen,' Board Of Election Finds
"Further discussion on this issue is unnecessary."
"The Candidate is a natural born citizen by virtue of being born in Canada to his mother who was a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth," the board said, reasoning that Cruz met the criteria because he "did not have to take any steps or go through a naturalization process at some point after birth."
Both objections, which on their face seemed to carry little weight, had forced lawyers for Cruz to formally respond and offer appropriate counterarguments.
In response to the filings, Cruz's lawyers relied on Supreme Court precedent, legal history and articles from noted constitutional scholars to defend the view that he is in fact "natural born" within the meaning of the Constitution.
The lawyers also pointed to the valid candidacies of two former Republican hopefuls, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Michigan Gov. George Romney, as examples of presidential runs that received the blessing of Congress, courts and other means to proceed, despite the fact that both men were born abroad and raised eligibility questions.
These and other sources of authority, the lawyers said, "all command the same conclusion" that Cruz complies with the "natural born" requirement.
Agenda minutes for the Illinois Board of Elections -- which include its determinations in the two challenges to Cruz's eligibility plus a separate one Graham filed against Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) -- can be found here.
There is a genuine dispute of a material issue with the subject of constitutional natural born citizen (NBC) and Ted Cruz. It appears there is no case precedent on point with the same facts and issue of law. Both sides have strong arguments for and against valid NBC for a foreign born person but even then Cruz’s case must be reviewed based on it’s own unique facts.
Either Congress should pass a law (unlikely - they don’t do anything anymore except take your money and grease Obama’s unconstitutional skids) or Cruz should submit this to the courts tracking to SCOTUS. Cruz probably doesn’t want to because they might rule against him. Maybe Cruz thinks if he won the nomination the courts or SCOTUS wouldn’t dare rule against him. But that is gambling with America’s future - not the greatest idea.