He is NOT eligible. What part of Canada don’t you understand?
Yes, he is.
I believe that clause of the Constitution has been waived. It seems than no one in the whole gosh-darned US of A has standing to challenge anything.
Fixed it.
Canada is not Kenya.
Cruz’s father had aspirations to become an American and did so while Ted was very young.
And Cuba was at one time a protectorate of the United States.
Cruz is qualified.
From the Department of State website:
Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock
"A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) of the INA provided the U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen, is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen, is required for physical presence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.) The U.S. citizen parent must be genetically related to the child to transmit U.S. citizenship."
Ted Cruz was born on 12 Dec 1970, and attended school in the United States, so this requirement is satisfied, provided that the parents were married at the time.
But now let's play the hypothetical that he was born out-of-wedlock. What does the law say about that?
Birth Abroad Out-of-Wedlock to a U.S. Citizen Mother: "A person born abroad out-of-wedlock to a U.S. citizen mother may acquire U.S. citizenship under Section 309(c) of the INA if the mother was a U.S. citizen at the time of the person’s birth and if the mother was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the person’s birth. The mother must be genetically related to the person in order to transmit U.S. citizenship."
So in this case, Cruz acquires US citizenship at birth under Section 301(c) of the INA.
Eligibility Schmeligibility. /spit
Ever hear of that?
Canada also has duel citizenship.
A DIL was born in Italy - her mother Italian, her father retired Amer. Army. She holds duel citizenship - automatically - but didn't even know it until she applied for a visa to come here last year and was denied - told she didn't NEED a visa as she was already a citizen.
So how about we tone down the ‘forget about Cruz’ right out of the gate. Let's not eat our own - FOR ONCE. and once we get a candidate - let's not rip them to shreds, like we did Romney. Let's set aside our omniscient intelligence and get the enemies out of power.
What part of Kenya don’t you understand. If Obama is eligible, anyone is.
So far I like Cruz and his politics but I will not vote for him to be POTUSA. I cannot discard my belief that the Constitution makes specifically/deliberately a different recognition of ‘natural born citizen’ and just plain ‘citizen’. According to some people just being born in the USA makes a person eligible for POTUSA. In such a situation the two sons of the Muslim ex President Morsi of Egypt would be eligible by being born in the USA. I believe the Founders of our Nation were very concerned about such a situation and even more so about a a Muslim becoming POTUSA. An then there is this news about a black lady minister in Alabama saying Obama is eligible for POTUSA because he is married to a bona fide USA citizen. When the eligibility for POTUSA goes out of bounds of the Constitution it is necessary to look closely for the reason/purpose of being out of bounds.
The part that Canada was where his American mother had Cruz, and therefore making Cruz eligible for the Presidency. If the SCOTUS takes it; they will find Cruz eligible, and I will not be "understanding that part of Canada" all the way to the voting booth with a Cruz for President bumper sticker!
There’s been some more buzz this week about Ted Cruz’s presidential prospects.
He is NOT eligible. What part of Canada don’t you understand?
Correcto. His "prospects" are nil, zero. He is Article II ineligible.
Note to self: See how liberals and Progs (Stalinists) amend the Constitution, by ignoring it?
Tell us how you will handle it if he ends up on the ballot and the choice is between him and Hillary or another Freedom destroyer....
Enquiring minds want to know.