“No natural born citizen could be shorn of his citizenship in that manner.”
Another false assumption by those who have had their brains scrambled.
Of course a natural born citizen can have his citizenship stripped.
“Look up the 1970 SCOTUS decision of Rogers vs Bellei. Bellei’s birth circumstances are an EXACT proxy for Ted Cruz,”
If Bellei was not a natural born citizen at birth, what was being taken away?
How could something be taken away that Bellei never had?
“and he was stripped of his US citizenship for failing to comply with certain aspects of the citizenship statute that he was naturalized under. “
It is impossible to be naturalized at birth.
No human being has ever been naturalized at birth in the history of the planet and they never will.
It is a complete bullshit phrase.
Read the decision dummy. The findings of SCOTUS are conclusive. They said that Bellei was NATURALIZED by statute.
Rogers v. Bellei (1971) the SCOTUS already has held that Ted Cruz is merely a statutory born citizen and not a true natural born Citizen.
Mr. Bellei was born and lived the first few years of his life as an American citizen identically situated to Ted Cruz (foreign born, foreign resident, alien father, expat mother). As an adult, Bellei had his citizenship forcibly stripped for not meeting USA residency requirements. This could only occur if Mr. Bellei was not a natural born Citizen (in fact, he was just a mere born citizen).
Note that citizenship can only be removed at one’s behest AND only if confirmed twice AND only with the required forms to renounce it AND only by providing proof that one will not be left stateless. Bellei did none of those. He did not give his citizenship up voluntarily (indeed he went to court to retain it). The fact that the government could take it away in spite of all that proves that he was not born a natural born Citizen.
Bellei sued the government in order to retain the USA citizenship he was born with, but the SCOTUS upheld the original decision with the dissent noting that he was not even protected under the penumbra of the 14th Amendment. The key point here is that Cruz and Bellei were of exactly the same citizenship status at birth, therefore Cruz is also not a natural born Citizen (a status which is solely and entirely determined at the moment of birth).
Bellei is an exact proxy for Cruz. And the SCOTUS unequivocally held that Bellei was merely a born citizen, thereby excluding any possibility that he be a natural born Citizen. It’s game over for Cruz because Trump has the standing to bring this to the court’s attention. Do you really think he won’t if it comes to that?
Also note that without the change in naturalization law passed in 1934 allowing female citizens to pass on derivative citizenship to their children born outside the USA, Ted Cruz would not be a citizen at all. He is a statutory born citizen, not a natural born Citizen as the Constitution demands of presidents.
Derivative born citizenship is statutory citizenship granted by congress. It is a conditional man-made privilege, not a natural right like natural born Citizenship and, thus, may be revoked as in the case of Bellei. Only if it has been perfected by naturalization does it fall under the protective penumbra of the Fourteenth Amendment and become irrevocable (but still not natural).
Even though Ted Cruz’s citizenship was perfected when his mother later (probably) filed a CRBA (Consular Report of Birth Abroad) for her son, he still was born under the exact same circumstances as Mr. Bellei, so Cruz was even less than naturalized at birth (just like Mr. Bellei). There is no way Ted Cruz can be a natural born Citizen because that status is irrevocable and Mr. Bellei (same status as Cruz) actually ended up having his citizenship taken away from him against his will. This proves that neither Bellei nor Cruz were born as natural born Citizens.
The Constitution’s presidential eligibility requirements have never changed and cannot be changed by mere act of congress (only by amendment). Cruz’s birth circumstances are the same as Bellei’s and Bellei’s birth citizenship status was so tenuous as to be later removed altogether. A true natural born Citizen can never have citizenship removed — even for high treason. This point is worth repeating until it fully sinks in.
Ted Cruz knows he is not eligible, yet he continues to accept campaign donations. That is fraud. You cannot support this man and support the Constitution.