Posted on 05/01/2013 5:39:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tell it to the judges. The first thing that a judge is going to look for in an eligibility challenge is are the other candidates contesting the name being on the ballot or the results of the election.
Judges obviously believe that eligibility has been established to their satisfaction. No member of Congress objected to the certification of Obama’s electoral votes in 2008 or in 2012. No state’s chief elections official (usually the Secretary of State) kept Obama’s name off the ballot.
Upon reaching his majority, Cruz had the right to claim Canadian, American, or if he chose for some reason to do so, Cuban citizenship.
A natural born Citizen would not have that right. But you know, I am not on retainer to the SCOTUS. It's just my opinion. The SCOTUS owes me some direction here. They have dodged one case after another that has come before them. It is not as if the lower courts have ruled on the merits of the issue. Lower and upper courts alike have refused to rule on the case on its merits.
The GOP attempting to use the Obama case as some sort of a "precedent" for Cruz, Rubio, Jindal, etc. is absolutely despicable. Just one (1) State AG could get this moving.
If we can take the House and Senate in '14 with a healthy enough number of non-RINOs, it might give this issue some impetus toward resolution.
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