Ted Cruz, facing suits on Canadian birth, lawyers up

http://www.mcclatchydc.com ^ | March 1, 2016 | MARIA RECIO

[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.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Cruz seemed desperate last night.

[JerseyDvl]

About time the Canadians charade is ended.

[ScottinVA]

What is his favorite hockey team?

The Dallas Stars.

[jennings2004]

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

[philman_36]

Watch: Mark Levin declares Ted Cruz a "Naturalized Citizen"
Too funny!

[JerseyDvl]

“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!!

[beandog]

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

[philman_36]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Hgm_Vv7a8

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

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.

[JerseyDvl]

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

[free_life]

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

[GBA]

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.

[New Jersey Realist]

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)

[free_life]

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

[centurion316]

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.

[Jim W N]

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.

[Jim W N]

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.

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

WOW.

[mkjessup]

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.

[Yosemitest]

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.