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Ted Cruz, facing suits on Canadian birth, lawyers up
http://www.mcclatchydc.com ^ | March 1, 2016 | MARIA RECIO

Posted on 03/03/2016 10:05:54 PM PST by NKP_Vet

WASHINGTON Ted Cruz, tagged as "Canadian" by a needling Donald Trump since the GOP race tightened in January, rejects any idea of being ineligible to be U.S. president.

While Trump hasn't followed up on his threat to sue Calgary-born Cruz over what he says is the Texas senator not meeting the constitutional requirement of being a "natural-born citizen," plenty of other people have. Trump has warned that Democrats will disrupt the electoral process by suing if Cruz is the nominee.

And that's caused Cruz a bit of trouble. He has had to lawyer up to fight the more than half-dozen lawsuits around the country, some in federal court, some in state court. A Cook County, Ill., judge tossed one of the suits Tuesday, not over the citizenship issue but over a technicality of how the papers were served.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; alexjones; birthers; breaking; cruz; nbc; tinfoilhattrump; trump
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To: NKP_Vet

Cruz seemed desperate last night.


101 posted on 03/04/2016 8:23:02 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (u)
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To: NKP_Vet

About time the Canadians charade is ended.


102 posted on 03/04/2016 8:26:55 AM PST by JerseyDvl (Hillary's a criminal.)
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To: A CA Guy
What is his favorite hockey team?

The Dallas Stars.

103 posted on 03/04/2016 8:31:31 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: ri4dc

But you can say that less than 2 years ago, Senator Cruz was a Citizen of Canada...


104 posted on 03/04/2016 8:31:42 AM PST by jennings2004 ("What difference, at this point, does it make!"! Senator Cruz: Canadian from birth to May, 2014!)
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To: Godebert
Watch: Mark Levin declares Ted Cruz a "Naturalized Citizen"
Too funny!
105 posted on 03/04/2016 8:33:12 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
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To: Yosemitest

“Sorry, a Toll is a Toll, and a Roll is a Roll, and if we don’t get no Tolls, then we don’t eat no Rolls”
Is that what you meant by Tolls in your post.
Ps- +1 for anyone who gets the reference.

Now beat it TOLL!!


106 posted on 03/04/2016 8:34:38 AM PST by JerseyDvl (Hillary's a criminal.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

That’s funny. It was tRump who was desperate last night.


107 posted on 03/04/2016 8:38:17 AM PST by beandog (TDS - tRump's Deranged Supporters)
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To: JerseyDvl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Hgm_Vv7a8
108 posted on 03/04/2016 8:40:14 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
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To: NKP_Vet

I disagree..natural born means you when you were born you were a citizwn of u.s.a...which he was because his mom was a citizen.


109 posted on 03/04/2016 8:41:23 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Trump, effective govt. that will be great for crony "art of the deal" capitalists)
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To: philman_36

Awesome Philman...I even got a glimpse of Will Scarlett O’Hara.. From Georgia of course ;)
Have a great day!


110 posted on 03/04/2016 8:45:28 AM PST by JerseyDvl (Hillary's a criminal.)
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To: NKP_Vet

We are going to need lots of popcorn, .... and good old Canadian back bacon.


111 posted on 03/04/2016 8:52:40 AM PST by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: NKP_Vet
Cruz and Rubio are the conservative and establishment Republican versions of obama.

All the same age, same level of life experience, same time on the job, same vulnerabilities, same eligibility and thus, the same purpose.

Please, God, heal our hearts and save US from US.

112 posted on 03/04/2016 8:54:27 AM PST by GBA (Here in the matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: NKP_Vet
To be natural is to be unique and there could be no other alternative or explanation. From nature; not artificial or involving anything made or caused by people: Cotton is a natural fiber. He died of natural causes (= because he was old or ill). Floods and earthquakes are natural disasters. There is no alternative to natural and no other explanation. Even the Constitution of the United States or U.S. Law cannot change what is natural.
In Minor v. Happersett , 88 U.S. 162 (1875) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court wrote the majority opinion, in which he stated: “The Constitution does not in words say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners.” (NATURAL) “Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents.” (not natural because authorities are indicated)
113 posted on 03/04/2016 8:56:23 AM PST by New Jersey Realist
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To: TXSearcher

A Canadian running for prez in the US is an issue.


114 posted on 03/04/2016 8:57:35 AM PST by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: NKP_Vet

Your comments reflect profoundly ignorance on your part, but I can see that the usual birthers have jumped into the fray to spread some more misinformation. Fortunately this sort of nonsense will never see the inside of a court.


115 posted on 03/04/2016 9:01:39 AM PST by centurion316
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To: NKP_Vet

There is a legitimate dispute of a legal fact about Cruz’s eligibility. Cruz should have sought to put this to bed long ago in federal court but he has avoided doing so and has resisted others’ attempts to do so.

Many think standing is an issue but any potential opposing candidate or even either party could show direct harm if Cruz were nominated and then DQ’d.

Others object that that would be “prospective” standing and invalid but I argue that this type of constitutional issue should be considered an exception to the normal standing requirements because waiting until he is sworn into office would be too late and irreversible harm would be done.


116 posted on 03/04/2016 9:04:59 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: Undecided 2012

It is a legitimate issue and concern, especially if Cruz was actually once a Canadian citizen which would seem to DQ him from being a NBC and, therefore, a not legitimate presidential candidate. Cruz should have sought to put this to bed in federal court a long time ago if he is really more for the good of America than his own political prospects.


117 posted on 03/04/2016 9:08:23 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: higgmeister

WOW.


118 posted on 03/04/2016 9:13:26 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: A CA Guy
What is his favorite hockey team?

Q - What is the overwhelming favorite sex position in Canada?

A - Doggie style, so both partners can watch the hockey game on TV.
119 posted on 03/04/2016 9:13:32 AM PST by mkjessup (TRUMP is the windshield, the libtard media, 'RATS, RINOS and cowards are BUGS!! GO TRUMP GO!!)
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To: higgmeister
What you posted, just because it was recorded in the Congressional Record, was the BABBLING of Dowdy (DemocRAT), who was convicted on eight counts: two of conspiracy, one of transporting a bribe over state lines, and five of perjury.
... Dowdy ... served a sentence in prison for perjury.

120 posted on 03/04/2016 9:19:11 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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