This is dumb of Cruz. I believe he is NBC but still, if his opposition raises this and it goes to the courts, it could be a problem. He could have been Trump’s veep but it’s too risky if it were thrown to the courts.
Cruz knows the truth and he is being obtuse: THERE IS NO CLARITY in the Constitution on this issue. He needs / I guess needed, it’s too late now, to get a ruling that he is NBC for the purpose of this election. He didn’t get one.
We need to spend time away from election years and get this amended, get a precise definition into the Constitution, period. All the arguments for various definitions could take weeks.
He’s being an ostrich. But it doesn’t matter: sadly, Trump can’t pick him now, which would have helped Cruz be President one day, and he’s not going to win any primaries. It’s a shame.
That depends.
he could be Trump’s VP and act as a poison pill which the supreme Court can be forced outright to swallow.
Trump gets into office.
The sitting president of the United States calls upon the supreme court to rule on the issue of whether or not a person who once held citizenship in another country (and absolutely the president could force them not to try to issue a ruling from another angle) can constitutionally hold the office of president.
If they rule yes, Cruz is vetted.
If they rule no Trump has carte blanche to revoke everything Obama ever signed off on.