Sen. Cruz formally gives up Canadian citizenship

Yahoo/AP ^ | June 10, 2014 | WILL WEISSERT

[kingattax]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Canada-born U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has made good on a promise to renounce his birth country's citizenship — doing so amid speculation he could make a run at the White House in 2016.

Spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said Cruz's action became official May 14 and that Texas' junior senator received written confirmation at his home in Houston on Tuesday. She said the tea-party-backed Republican "is pleased to have the process finalized."

"Being a U.S. Senator representing Texas, it makes sense he should be only an American citizen," Frazier said in an email.

Cruz, 43, was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1970, while his parents were working in the oil business there. His mother, Eleanor, is from Delaware, while his father, Rafael, is a Cuban became a U.S. citizen in 2005.

[ansel12]

That is an excerpt from CATO.

[precisionshootist]

" Sorry, but your opinion does not trump the US Constitution, US Law, or SCOTUS rulings and none of those have any such definition. Not even close. "

I did not give any definition of NBC. The Constitution does not define NBC so that could be argued indefinitely. I'm using logic.

The framers added the NBC requirement to ensure loyalty to the US. Simply having one citizen as a parent and being born on foreign soil does not logically fit the obvious intention of the framers.

Using your line of thinking a US citizen man could travel to communist china, have sex with a communist Chinese citizen and the child would still be a natural born US citizen qualified for the presidency. There is no difference in this scenario and that of Ted Cruz.

[HMS Surprise]

So there is no historical data that argues otherwise? Zero? Right? Wrong. It is a question, and you know it.

[DJ MacWoW]

Anyone who ignores the information they’ve dug up is the real loser. Knowledge is a powerful weapon.

[SoConPubbie]

So there is no historical data that argues otherwise? Zero? Right? Wrong. It is a question, and you know it.

As of right now, it is not a Legal question, and therefore, of no importance in determining whether or not Ted Cruz is NBC.

By Law, by the Constitution, TODAY, he is NBC.

The only thing that will change that is an Amendment to the US Constitution, a new US Law, or a new SCOTUS ruling.

[SoConPubbie]

Anyone who ignores the information they’ve dug up is the real loser. Knowledge is a powerful weapon.

Once again, dig up all of the background information you like, as of TODAY, Ted Cruz is legally and constitutionally NBC.

The only way to change that and have the LAW agree with your OPINION is to Amend the Constitution, pass a new US Law, or have a new SCOTUS opinion.

[DJ MacWoW]

I guess that you didn't really read my first post: Actually this subject has been discussed thoroughly on Obama threads. Obama didn’t qualify. His father was not and never wanted to be a citizen. Cruz’ father became a citizen.

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[precisionshootist]

Then once again we've redefined the meaning of the Constitution in direct opposition to the intent of the framers.

The laws and SCOTUS decisions being quoted didn't exist when the framers added the NBC requirement. Yet the intent of the framers was clearly to protect the United States by limiting the presidency to loyal Americans. Simply having one citizen parent does absolutely nothing to protect the United States from the rule of a foreign born president who could be surreptitiously loyal to another country and form of government.

I have serious doubts the framers would be ok with a person born and raised in the middle east as a Muslim under Sharia Law being qualified to be president simply because the father was a US citizen.

FYI, I'm not worried about Ted Cruz, I live in Texas and did my part in getting him elected. I'm worried about the above scenario which will happen and with grave consequences. Take our current situation as a case in point.

[HMS Surprise]

You are not only wrong, you’re dead wrong. I love Cruz. I would love to support him for Prez. I can’t support him in the primaries because I know this will be an issue. If he wins the nomination however I will support him wholeheartedly.

[HMS Surprise]

You are not only wrong, you’re dead wrong. I love Cruz. I would love to support him for Prez. I can’t support him in the primaries because I know this will be an issue. If he wins the nomination however I will support him wholeheartedly.