NY Judge To Decide If Ted Cruz Is American

Metro New York ^ | Today 1:07 pm | JASON NUCKOLLS

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A New York judge will hear arguments on Tuesday in a lawsuit that challenges Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s ability to run for president given that he was born in Canada.

State Supreme Court Justice David Weinstein will hear the claim of two men who contend that Cruz is not a citizen of the U.S. and is therefore ineligible to run for president, NBC has reported. Cruz was born in Alberta, Canada.

Barry Korman and William Gallo will argue that despite Cruz’s mother being an American, the senator is not a citizen because such status cannot be passed from parent to child, Newsday reported.

The defense of Cruz’s place in the election is being argued by the New York Board of Elections, which put Cruz on the ballot, NBC added.

Cruz, a lawyer, was elected to be a senator from Texas in 2012, Newsday added.

[centurion316]

Fortunately, most of the ZOTTING has gone, except for the most egregious cases. Many good conservatives left during those days. It does mean that we have to suffer through some silly threads.

[af_vet_1981]

Cruz, as a Constitutional lawyer, should have nailed this issue down before declaring his candidacy.

Perhaps he ran it by a constitutional law professor and obtained a favorable opinion.

[taxcontrol]

And codified in USC Title 8 Section 1401 - Nationals and Citizens of the United States.

Subsection G of that code states that a person born outside the US to one citizen parent, who meets certain other requirements, is a citizen at birth and does not need to be naturalized.

Further, Title 8 section 1101 - Definitions, subsection A part (23) defines naturalization as only occurring “after birth”.

Thus a person who is born a citizen and has never been naturalized is naturally born a citizen.

[centurion316]

But, but, but, there are insistent blogs claiming otherwise.

It does become rather simple when you go to the legal documents and read it. Amazing that the argument lingers. Thanks.