He emphatically stands on the principle that his MOTHER conferred his American citizenship to him. What he won’t address is the fact that his FATHER also conferred citizenship to him: CUBAN citizenship.
Canada also conferred citizenship to him at his birth in that country.
Cruz can’t possibly, by anyone’s definition, be a Natural Born Citizen of the USA.
And as a Constitutional authority . . he should have known that first-hand.
I am still waiting to see his paperwork on when his MOTHER officially filed his ‘supposed’ American citizenship with the Canadian authorities. Considering Cruz has been a Canadian citizen until just mere MONTHS ago . . I seriously doubt she filed that paperwork before he turned 18 years old. Maybe that’s why he won’t show it.
I am still waiting to see his paperwork on when his MOTHER officially filed his
‘supposed’ American citizenship with the Canadian authorities.
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Please explain what/why she would or did file that ‘US citizenship’ with Canada.
I’ve not heard of such a filing but then I’m not that versed in all things Cruz.
Thanks.....
Note post 31 — mother’s status doesn’t matter if you are a strict constructionist regarding original intent.
Can one be an originalist and modernize to make mother’s status equal to husband’s? Some think so ... but ...
Only those who have rock-solid eligibility should be the ones to run in the first place. Even the courts, whichever way they rule, fail to command public respect.
How then did he get a passport to travel outside the US when in high school?
Yep - of exactly the same type, validity and force that his US "blood half" has.
-- Cruz can't possibly, by anyone's definition, be a Natural Born Citizen of the USA. --
Rhetorical cheat. citizen-at-birth, no naturalization ceremony, viola (violin, cello). It's a cheap trick, but the illusion works amazingly well. Add in the sauce that "it is settled law" (but don't show any authority), and all these smart lawyers agree, and it's a slam dunk, 90-95% of the public is duped.
-- I am still waiting to see his paperwork on when his MOTHER officially filed his `supposed' American citizenship with the Canadian authorities. --
As a matter of law, it doesn't matter if she did or didn't. He's a citizen by operation of statute. If the issue was adjudicated, the court would look for the same evidence that should have been (maybe was) presented to the Consular Office. The court could find him to be a citizen, and that would be conclusive of citizenship.
Considering Cruz has been a Canadian citizen until just mere MONTHS ago . . I seriously doubt she filed that paperwork before he turned 18 years old. Maybe that’s why he won’t show it.
Additionally,
-Was he Foreign Student when he enrolled at Harvard?
-Did he register for the draft at age 18?