[SoConPubbie]

	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

Ted Cruz Ping!

[Godebert]

The Supreme Court of the United States has never applied the term “natural born citizen” to any other category than “those born in the country of parents who are citizens thereof”.

"The citizenship of no man could be previous to the declaration of independence, and, as a natural right, belongs to none but those who have been born of citizens since the 4th of July, 1776."....David Ramsay, 1789.

A Dissertation on Manner of Acquiring Character & Privileges of Citizen of U.S.-by David Ramsay-1789

The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law (1758)

The Biggest Cover-up in American History

[Baynative]

Yes, Ted Cruz Can SHOULD be President!

[iowamark]

Sober recitation of facts won’t satisfy the haters.

[MeganC]

We’ve got a Kenyan for President so why not a Canadian, eh?

[Uncle Chip]

Obama has lowered the standards of this country so far that even Idi Amin could be President.

[faithhopecharity]

Sorry (sincerely sorry) but the good Senator “Ted” Cruz’s daddy was not an American citizen when “Ted” was born.

[RIghtwardHo]

Odimwit is/was eligible.

Cruz is eligible.

And that’s just it.

[Brown Deer]

Ted's father, Rafael Bienvenido Cruz fought alongside Fidel Castro's forces to overthrow Cuba's U.S.-backed dictator, Fulgencio Batista.

[Jim Robinson]

Go, Cruz, GO!!

[BfloGuy]

Thank you for that post.

It's the best explanation of the law surrounding this conundrum known as "natural born" citizen. Too many people want to turn it into some super-special, family-been-here-since-the-Mayflower condition.

But it's just what the author says: born a U.S. citizen. Didn't have to be naturalized. I hope we get this understanding out before primary time comes along. We'll have enough intra-party ugliness to contend with.

[Reddon]

Ted Cruz will be getting 100% of the vote from my family guaranteed, we pay no attention to the birther crap any more.

[RipSawyer]

“having been unable to find any proof that President Obama was born outside the United States”
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Neither is there any proof that he was born INSIDE the United States of America, his so-called birth certificate is a digital prevarication. The burden should have been on him to prove he WAS born INSIDE the country.

[Servant of the Cross]

“This Thread’s For You” ping!

[onyx]

Senator Cruz ROCKS!



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[brityank]

Another idiot educated beyond his intelligence!

Here's the nub, Ilya:

AMEND THE CONSTITUTION:

Strike the term "natural born" from the ONLY PLACE IT APPEARS to allow any citizen the privilege of running for the Office of President.

Until you do that Cruz and those like him will never qualify.

[arthurus]

Yes, with an actual non visa holdingforeigner currently in the office of President, Ted Cruze can be President. So can anyone elso on earth who meets the age requirement unless the presidency of the kenyan somehow eliminates that requirement, too. That Constitutional taboo is gone.

[bgill]

the Framers’ understanding, combined with statutes enacted by the First Congress, indicate that the phrase means both birth abroad to American parents — in a manner regulated by federal law — and birth within the nation’s territory regardless of parental citizenship.

No, they most certainly did NOT.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Yes, Ted Cruz Can be President...of Canada.

[Fractal Trader]

FWIW