[dforest]

No, they did not decide on the merits.

Cruzbots lie and that lying is going to get them in the end.

[CA Conservative]

No, they did not decide on the merits.

Actually, the PA case WAS decided on the merits:

"A Pennsylvania judge affirmed Sen. Ted Cruz’s status as a natural born citizen Thursday and dismissed a lawsuit that sought to remove the candidate from the state’s Republican primary ballot, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported."

The rest were tossed before they ever got to the point of arguing the merits.

[Cboldt]

FWIW, Judge Pellegrini in Pennsylvania got past the "jurisdiction and standing" hurdles, and took on the case, on the merits. His opinion is a joke, he cites articles, not case law. Whichever side had more articles, won.

I think the IL Election Board also got past the question of standing, but it's opinion was even worse than Pellegrini's.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a three line affirmation of Pellegrini's opinion - zero remarks on the rule of law.

The Illinois case died when the objector failed to serve Cruz personally, with notice of the suit.

[Nero Germanicus]

Cruz Eligibility Challenge Rulings
Arkansas (Librace v Cruz) dismissed
Florida (Voeltz v Cruz) dismissed
Illinois Election Board, Cruz is eligible
Indiana Election Commission (Cruz), ruled eligible.
New Hampshire Ballot Commission, ruled eligible
New Jersey (Williams v Cruz) pending
New York (Korman & Gallo v Cruz) dismissed
Pennsylvania (Elliott v Cruz) Cruz ruled eligible
Utah (Wagner v Cruz) dismissed