Posted on 01/06/2016 7:38:33 PM PST by conservativejoy
Conservative Review Editor-in-Chief Mark Levin is not only a talk show host and best selling author. He is also a lawyer. In that role he runs the Landmark Legal Foundation, "America's oldest, conservative, non-profit, public interest law firm." Today he opened his radio show by explaining once and for all why both Ted Cruz, and Barack Obama meet the natural born citizen test of the Constitution for the presidency.
Levin explains the legal doctrine of jus sanguinis - Latin for right of blood. Levin explains that under U.S. law a person who's mother is an American citizen at the time of their birth is a citizen at birth. This means that that person is a natural born citizen. Both Ted Cruz and Barack Obama's mothers were citizens at their birth. Both men meet the natural born citizenship test of the Constitution.
Levin Explains: Audio at link
Conservative Review's Amanda Carpenter also touched on the subject today.
Later in the show Levin challenged anyone who doesn't agree with his legal opinion to debate him on his show
The Entity—aka Obama—came from a test tube.
Levin supports a “living” Constitution.. On this issue only.
I will definitely listen tomorrow to hear what he ahs to say,
I could not disagree with Levin more on this. Treating the foreign nationality of one parent as irrelevant is wrong, wrong, wrong. Jurisdictional and legal issues abound. Even the U.S. State Department does not hire people with a parent as a foreign national; especially where dual loyalties can be involved. Too tricky.
Also, I argue that the one parent = natural born claim is a sloppy construction for both defining “natural born” and distinguishing it from ordinary “citizen”. There is no effective difference between “citizen” and “natural born” citizen if you let one parent be foreign born or not an American citizen.
I presume Levin’s legal arguments are sound and it’s 98.6 % sure he’s right, but he’s not the final arbiter in this matter.
That’s not what the law said at the alleged time of Obama’s birth. The mother had to be at least 19 when she gave birth to confer US citizenship to her child, unless she gave birth within the US. Given that there is no legally-valid birth certificate for Obama in Hawaii, chances are very good that he was born outside the US, and if the dates and parentage are as claimed on his non-valid HI BC, then his mother was NOT old enough to confer US citizenship to a child born outside the US.
It seems to me that natural born means both parents are citizens of the us. This was clearly explained by some of the framers of the Constitution.
I heard a good portion of this as I was in my car. He challenged Annie though not by name, said he didn’t want to “embarrass” anyone.
And you are a constitutional expert? Have we heard your name? If there were anything to this a real expert would have said so, and none have from either side.
Of course you are free to say anything you want, just don’t expect anyone to take your word on anything if you are going down that road.
Lots of articles about this. Not one expert agrees with you, not even on the left.
You are correct. Many here per the comments still don’t understand the actual law. Ugh. But again, you are correct.
The actual law says otherwise, as explained ad nauseous in far too many posts to count here.
This is the same issue we had with Obama.
One parent an American.
The other not.
Born out of the U.S.
=
not a ‘natural citizen’
Wasn’t that the entire argument about Obama for a year? Birth certificate was fake, etc.
What did it matter if his location of birth wasn’t a factor?
what law are you referring to?
Cruz would be the first President born outside the US. He would also be the first President to have dual citizenship. Cruz was a Canadian citizen at birth thru birthright citizenship. His mother had to register his birth at the consulate to convey citizenship. So Cruz was a Canadian citizen before he became an American citizen.
Should the children of illegal aliens, tourists in the US, or those holding green cards who elect not be citizens be eligible for the Presidency?
Levin explained that Barrack’s mother did not meet the 5 years in US after age 14. She was only 18 when she had her little bastard.
Cruz was a Canadian citizen
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Does anyone know the rules for Canadian citizenship?
It seems like an acquaintance was Canadian and he said it was impossible to hold both American and Canadian citizenship.
The US recognizes dual nationality. It is possible for an American to hold dual nationalities.
Canadians are allowed to take foreign citizenship while keeping their Canadian citizenship.
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