Posted on 04/11/2016 12:20:43 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
A New Jersey administrative law judge on Monday heard two challenges to GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz's eligibility to appear on the New Jersey ballot, based upon the Texas senator's birthplace in Canada.
The judge, Jeff Masin, didn't decide the challenges to Cruz's eligibility to appear on the June 7 primary ballot, but said he would issue a decision Tuesday. The decision is expected to be reviewed by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who is New Jersey's secretary of state.
One of the challenges was brought by three South Jersey citizens, and the other by a law professor who lives in Maryland and is running for president as a write-in candidate in New Jersey. Both parties argued that because Cruz was born in Canada, he is not a natural-born citizen, making him ineligible for the presidency.
Cruz's mother was born in Delaware, while his father was born in Cuba. The senator released his birth certificate in 2013.
Shalom Stone, a New Jersey attorney representing Cruz, argued that the citizens - Fernando Powers of Blackwood, Donna Ward of Mantua, and Bruce Stom of Winslow Township - and Prof. Victor Williams didn't have standing to challenge Cruz's candidacy. Stone also said the state didn't have authority to decide the question.
As for "natural-born citizen," Stone said the words in the U.S. Constitution "have meaning given to them by English common law" at the time of their adoption. He directed Masin to his brief for cases supporting Cruz's position.
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H/T to Freeper "4Zoltan."
Cruz is a U.S. citizen, no doubt. But he’s a citizen by law, not birth. That’s naturalized.
Insert dead horse here. . .
Enough already.
“A New Jersey administrative law judge on Monday heard two challenges to GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s eligibility to appear on the New Jersey ballot, based upon the Texas senator’s birthplace in Canada.”
Has he stopped laughing yet?
Each state controls its own ballot. You don’t apply laws or local court cases that are made in CA to SC.
Gee I kept reading last night that it is “settled law” and no more hearings...
More lies :(
Popcorn ping
EVERY SINGLE STATE TO DATE HAS DETERMINED TED CRUZ ELIGIBLE!
For reference only, ALJ Masin’s opinion in the 2012 Purpura v. Obama
Interesting the Cruz attorney didn’t argue the merit of the argument, but rather the standing of those making the complaints.
Here is a simple test. If Cruz had stayed in Canada since he was born there, would he be considered being a Canadian citizen today. If the answer is yes, then he is not qualified to be President of the USA.
You know, every 6th grader back in the 60’s & 70’s knew that a President had to be a Natural Born Citizen, which is defined by being born to two USA Citizens on USA soil or possession. What in the hell happened to us?
You can try the case in every state court. Just because one state rules one way, it doesn’t mean the other state has to come to the same ruling.
Unfortunately most Americans are either incapable of understanding the question or simply insist that Cruz is a natural born citizen because they support him for president or say he is not because they don’t like him. I started out with an inclination to support Cruz because he seemed to be a constitutional conservative but when I learned the facts of his origins I realized there is no way he can possibly be a natural born citizen. Of course at this point it would not matter at all if he were a democrat, he would be considered natural born, since he is a Republican it is a different can of worms.
“How many states to date have determined Ted Cruz eligible prior to their state Republican Primary?”
-—it only takes one for the whole house of cards to fall
Don’t forget, kids. It was Hitlery’s campaign who originally dragged out obunghole’s eligibility. If sCruz is the nominee, Hitlery and her monkeys will be on this like white on rice. Think you’ve heard the last of his eligibility issues? Lol. Think again.
[Interesting the Cruz attorney didn’t argue the merit of the argument, but rather the standing of those making the complaints.]
Reminds me of the Obama cases. But at least three of the shills running interference for that haven’t been seen around this parts since just after 2012.
Odd, that.......
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