McConnell: No, Senate won’t pass resolution affirming Cruz’s eligibility like it did for McCain

Hotair ^ | 01/12/2016 | AllahPundit

[mouse1]

Anything for Rubio...

Exactly! I know everyone blames Trump for this. But you know it was just a matter of time before the GOPe would bring this up. Anything to peel away votes and prop up their pal Rubio.

[conservativejoy]

All Cruz said in that interview is that he was an American citizen by birth.

[South40]

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Thanks Mitch! I’m sure the Cruz campaign appreciates the unintended endorsement.

[traderrob6]

“Which carried absolutely zero legal authority.”

True, but it does display their rank hypocrisy.

[South40]

Well, Trump is more liberal than Cruz so it would stand to reason that the GOPe would feel more comfortable dealing with him than Cruz.

Additionally, in spite of his campaign rhetoric wherein he has been fooling the gullible into supporting him, Trump, the liberal, is a McConnell supporter.

[Hostage]

Corruptocrat McConnell
Cruz Eligibility
Fraud McCain
Senate Resolution? NO <— Entirely Pedictable

Fact: Cruz is Eligible
Action: Primary McWeasel

[conservativejoy]

He studied under Alan Dershowitz, who says unequivocally that Cruz is eligible.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yes you are right they won’t give Cruz the same worthless resolution they gave McStain. Pretty crappy.

[John Valentine]

So in 2013 he still had joint citizenship??

There is no such thing as "joint" citizenship.

I think you mean dual citizenship.

If you are talking about anything relating to joints, you have to be talking about Obama, and citizenship doesn't enter into it.

[South40]

On the meaning of "Natural Born Citizen"

[Bullish]

McConnell’s about as useful as a poop stain.

[KC_Lion]

Wow, The Uniparty unites against Cruz.

What a Shock.

[catfish1957]

Trump more and more will show his colors.

[Cboldt]

No sweat. The GOP has certified that Cruz is qualified.

[Norm Lenhart]

So has half of FR. Seen the crap some of these Koolaid cases post?

[RummyChick]

Yeah, I don’t think this comment means he thinks it is settled law. He is giving his OPINION

““The question is whether he can,” Dershowitz said. “I think he can. I think he’s a natural-born citizen and therefore he’s eligible to run. There will be challenges, perhaps, to his eligibility.””

[EQAndyBuzz]

Ted Cruz, unlike Obama is a true Constitutional scholar. I think it is safe that he knows whether he is qualified or not to run for President.

Unlike Democrats, Cruz is not someone who will try to circumvent the law for personal gain. I would only trust Scalia, Thomas, Dershowitz and Levin to tell us whether Cruz is qualified or not.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Precedent Obama has rendered that clause moot.
Under the current definition of simply being born a citizen, if even only on one’s mother’s side, makes every anchor baby and Winston Churchill eligible. (his mother was an American)

I went to school in the 1960’s and was taught that natural born citizen was a subset of citizen and required only for the office of President. Must be born here to citizen parents. Reading the writings of the people who wrote the Constitution confirms this. They wanted no divided allegiance. If you could be anything other than a U.S. citizen, you can’t be a natural born citizen. No foreign births, no foreign parents.

Many people wanted the definition changed for various reasons.

One of the reasons was to make McCain eligible, which benefitted the current usurper.

[so_real]

Stuck in the middle! I see "living Constitution" proponents on one side claiming any and all citizens at birth are natural born. And I see "uniparty progressives" on the other side doing everything they can to hurt someone nearly as much a strict Constitutionalist as I am. I want Cruz to assume office with a promise as President he will press the Supreme Court for review of original intent regarding natural born citizenship. Let Chester Arthur be the first ineligible POTUS, Barack Obama be the middle ineligible POTUS, and Ted Cruz be the last ineligible POTUS. The schadenfreude would be delicious.