‘There is no way to get this resolved to everybody’s satisfaction until a case is heard by the court.’
Basically we have a male-dominant ‘original intent’ which appears outdated according to Cruz supporters.
The question, as John Valentine pointed out .... what will be the widest consensus? There are two kinds of consensue to consider:
1. Judges?
I think John Valentine is correct so far as court rooms go.
Judges don’t want to ‘declare war against’ female equality regardless of original intent. So Cruz would most likely win every eligibily case, especially after appeals. [Note Valentine’s post 155, but if you are like me and don’t know Latin, good luck trying to understand it.]
2. Political Dissent
People don’t respect judges anymore. And people like Glenn Beck have no idea how little the judges’ opinions matter to people.
Obama’s eligibility question already demonstrated that the debate rages on. We and Trump had been up to our necks in it and experienced the political dissent against Obama first-hand. It’s a powerful force of nature — any arguable doubt will open the door to a MOAB of criticism and loathing.
Progressive republicans? I think they would be ‘all in’ for ‘rah-rah’ Constitution when it suits them. ‘Sabotage Cruz.’ Mitch Mc-Con-Man already did.
Democrats? They keep their powder dry. Then if Cruz wins the nomination they become gleeful imps who would run ads to make Cruz supporters look hypocritical, self-contradictory, and divided. [As loony-tunes as possible.] And the Establishment Republicans have already offered them a lifetime of material.
Leftist college students and the New Black Panthers? If people think that we Obama-birthers were bad, they ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Leftist college students and the New Black Panthers would swear blood pacts to undermine Cruz.
In other words — the result would be chaos. Cruz might still win. But his administration would be tainted.
We had a lively and fairly polite debate about Cruz eligibility on another thread yesterday:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3384380/posts
[After initial bashing of the worthless article.]
Here is Valentine’s Take about legal consensus being different than original intent:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3384380/posts?page=155#155
Conservatives ignore this and they have lost all claim to being for ‘original intent’... There surely must be a liberal gene bred in all of US.