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To: driftdiver
If Cruz isn't a nbc then trump isn't either.

By what possible logic or historical understanding?

Ted was born in a foreign country, to one US citizen parent.

Donald was born in America to two US citizen parents.

The difference in quality between their respective grades of citizenship isn't even debatable. The Framers clearly intended for US presidents to possess the latter grade, which Donald has.

138 posted on 01/18/2016 7:51:28 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier
Donald was born in America to two US citizen parents.

Trumps Mother was a naturalized Scottish Immigrant.

There is one of the several NBC opinions that believe you need two natural born citizens as parents to be NBC, but it's a small number of people.

There is another that says the status must come from the father, another that says a foreign born of a American NBC mother is adequate in most situations where security is not a issue, simply because US jurisdiction does not stop when a citizen travels overseas. Nor did it for British subjects pre constitution.

It is sufficient to say that these interpretations remain ambiguous, and I believe it is intentional.

146 posted on 01/18/2016 8:05:47 PM PST by Cold Heat
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