Posted on 03/31/2015 2:34:35 AM PDT by aquapub
The debate over Senator Ted Cruz's eligibility to run for president revolves around conflicting information from several key authorities on the Natural Born Citizen clause. The question is whether a person is a "natural born citizen" (as intended by Section 1 Article 2 of the Constitution) by merely being born inside the U.S. (the rule of jus soli, or 'rule of the soil'), or by being born in the U.S. with one or both parents also being American citizens...or by being born anywhere in the world to one or more parents who are U.S. citizens (the rule of jus sanguinis, or 'rule of the blood')...
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IIRC, each state has some kind of requirement that the candidate be certified, usually by officers of the party for which he is running. I believe that Barack Obama bypassed a lot of this by having Nancy Pelosi provide the certification. I could be wrong but I remember it being something like that.
My point is that this eligibility stuff being hashed for Cruz is pointless. Frankly, I don’t care now.
These people have given our country away to a bunch of third world invaders and there is some question about Cruz?
Hell no. Not gonna even listen to it.
Interesting....ask the Kenyan, he should know.
The final authority on this issue is political.! The house of representatives is the final say on eligibility.
The final authority on this issue is political.! The house of representatives is the final say on eligibility.
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All laws are political creations by the Legislative Branch, so does that make all laws are Constitutional by virtue of them being “political”? The courts shirking so called political questions is another example of our dead government.
The 2nd Amendment is the final arbiter of “Law”.
The Constitution is a written document, created expressly to avoid “political solutions” by Politicians.
Government is created among men to PROTECT GOD GIVEN rights from infringement and usurpation by the power of government.
If “political solutions” can abolish Constitutional prerogatives, then the Constitution is dead and we are a lawless group of gangs and not a Nation of any kind.
If that freak in the Oval Office is considered an American citizen by birth,there is no reason Cruz is not.
More birther nonsense that just keeps getting posted here and then reposted again and again.
Pretty good overview of the issue.
The conclusion it appears to reach, however, that NBC requires both jus soli and jus sanguinis, does not make much sense, IMO.
The Founders were familiar with both concepts. That they didn’t define which they were applying indicates to me that they all understood what they meant by NBC.
If this was a well-understood term, it makes no sense to me that they invented an entirely new concept and used the old term. AFAIK, no nation on earth uses such a combination.
In practical terms, it appears that we now have jus soli and jus sanguinis, through just one parent. That’s a really, really loose standard.
By what idiocy and suicidal “logic” can one claim Cruz is not eligible? All these piles of crapola do is serve as ammo for the Left to distract us and the People.
“NBC requires both jus soli and jus sanguinis”
It does? Care to show us where in the US Constitution is says that?
Solid point and you are correct. You can expect the Rand Paul scum to join/lead the fight AGAINST Cruz.
“The 2nd Amendment is the final arbiter of “Law”.”..
Why do you think they are doing their utmost to be rid of the 2nd Amendment? That’s a no brainer.
The only problem I see is that we, the American people are not using that 2nd Amendment to its fullest. Perhaps one day but I don’t see it in the near future.
Barack Obama blew Natural born citizen out of the water. Its gone and will not be back. Now anybody with one US parent is eligible to run for President. That’s how its going to be.
Ted Cruz is just as eligible or ineligible to run for President as BHO.
The federal government is not constitutionally authorized to prevent the American people from electing an ineligible President. An elected ineligible President cannot be denied the office. Only the Vice President is required by the 12th Amendment to be eligible to assume the office. The Eligibility Clause and the 12th Amendment may be used to prevent the Vice President from assuming office. To prevent an ineligible President from assuming the office, an amendment that state an ineligible President cannot assume the office will be necessary.
The Courts and the Congress will not allow a decision on the merits to be reached with respect to a sitting President because an ineligible President voids the Constitution. The Executive Branch, Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch are created by the Constitution and are voided by the election of an ineligible President.
A convention of the states and the people to develop a new governing document is necessary.
What I said in my post was that the article reaches this remarkable conclusion. It’s not one I share.
You’re right!
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Worse, it’s Examiner blog..
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
This worthy fellow has so many fine attributes I’m at a loss for where to start.
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