Posted on 04/10/2016 8:21:55 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Ted Cruz risks primary disqualification in New Jersey resulting from charges of ballot access fraud. A primary ballot disqualification hearing is scheduled by the Secretary of State for Monday, April 11 at 9:00 a.m. in Mercerville, New Jersey.
Washington D.C. Law Professor Victor Williams charges that Ted Cruz fraudulently certified his constitutional eligibility for office to gain ballot access. Williams demands that Cruz be disqualified from several late-primary ballots: "Cruz committed ballot access fraud in each state when he falsely swore that he was a 'natural born' American citizen." Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada and held his resulting Canadian citizenship until May 2014. Cruz is a naturalized (not natural born) American citizen.
Williams' fraud charges had quick effect in New Jersey. Rather than accepting Cruz's ballot petition when filed last week, the Secretary of State ( Kim Guadagno) scheduled the unusual Administrative Law hearing for April 11. The Canadian-born Cruz must prove that he did not falsely certify his eligibility for office.
Cruz's ballot eligibility is also being challenged in California, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington.
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What a dud he is.
He is a liar and a fake (fake American, that is).
He is smart...but not smart enough.
But he is such a good liar. Just like his Dad.
Liars all.
Understanding the Founders’ intent in Article 2 Section 1, explains why the globalist lawyers judges and pundits have crucial motivation to hide their intentions.
It was necessary to protect the highest office from usurpation. A Natural Born Citizen had precise meaning at the time our nation was founded. It required the President to be born on US soil (jus soli), and be born of two citizen parents (jus sanguinis ). For centuries this was the maximum protection against usurpation.
Of course the globalists need precedent to render our Constitutional NBC requirement, moot. Consider that with 325 million citizens in the US…
– On the 2008 Presidential ballots McCain was ineligible (jus soli), Obama was ineligible (jus sanguinis), Roger Calero was ineligible (green card holder).
– The GOP pushes ineligible Presidential contenders including Jindal ((jus sanguinis), Rubio (jus sanguinis).
Now consider all of the following unchallenged candidates we have “convinced” ourselves are eligble. And ask yourself just exactly WHO, FROM WHERE, COULD NOT run for the office of President of the United States.
– Obama: born on US soil ‘wink’, to a non-citizen parent
– McCain: born on foreign soil to citizen parents
– Rubio: born on US soil to non-citizen parents
– Jindal: born on US soil to non-citizen parents
– Cruz: born on foreign soil to a non-citizen parent
– Calero: born on foreign soil to non-citizen parents
Plus they have floated these names for conditioning;
Schwarzenegger: born on foreign soil to non-citizen parents
Grandholm: born on foreign soil to non-citizen parents
Halley: born on US soil to non-citizen parents
There are no coincidences in politics, this is globalist’s dream if I ever did hear one.
Look forward to the next judicial slap-down of the birther fever swamp.
What’s the court case score now?
Senator Cruz: 5?, 6?
Birther Fever Swamp: Zero, 0?, goose egg?, zip?, nada?, null?, LOL?
Sure it is. That is why there are so many arguments here about it. </s>
You claim a foreign born president meets the NBC requirement.
In 2000, Why did the House propose H.J. Res 88 to Amend the Constitution?
Obviously everyone in our government has always known exactly what a natural born citizen means and they have not amended the Constitution.
2000
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOREIGN-BORN CITIZENS TO BE PRESIDENT
HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.J.Res. 88
JULY 24, 2000 Serial No. 108 Page 2 PREV PAGE TOP OF DOC
Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, Jr., Wisconsin
BILL McCOLLUM, Florida
GEORGE W. GEKAS, Pennsylvania
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
ELTON GALLEGLY, California
CHARLES T. CANADY, Florida
BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
BOB BARR, Georgia
WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee
ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
EDWARD A. PEASE, Indiana
CHRIS CANNON, Utah
JAMES E. ROGAN, California
LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina
MARY BONO, California
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SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida
DAVID VITTER, Louisiana
JOHN CONYERS, Jr., Michigan
BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts
HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
RICK BOUCHER, Virginia
JERROLD NADLER, New York
ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia
MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina
ZOE LOFGREN, California
SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas
MAXINE WATERS, California
MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts
WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts
ROBERT WEXLER, Florida
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin
ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York
THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., General Counsel-Chief of Staff
JULIAN EPSTEIN, Minority Chief Counsel and Staff Director
Subcommittee on the Constitution
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CHARLES T. CANADY, Florida, Chairman
HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois
ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia
BOB BARR, Georgia
WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee
LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina
MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina
MAXINE WATERS, California
BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts
JOHN CONYERS, Jr., Michigan
JERROLD NADLER, New York
CATHLEEN CLEAVER, Chief Counsel
BRADLEY S. CLANTON, Counsel
JONATHAN A. VOGEL, Counsel
PAUL B. TAYLOR, Counsel
C O N T E N T S
HEARING DATE
July 24, 2000
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TEXT OF BILL
H.J.Res. 88
OPENING STATEMENT
Canady, Hon. Charles T., a Representative in Congress From the State of Florida, and chairman, Subcommittee on the Constitution
WITNESSES
Delgado, Raimundo, teacher, Ashland Middle School, Ashland, MA
McDonald, Forrest, historian and professor of history, University of Alabama
Vazsonyi, Balint, director, Center for the American Founding
Yinger, John M., professor of economics and public administration, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University
LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING
Delgado, Raimundo, teacher, Ashland Middle School, Ashland, MA: Prepared statement
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McDonald, Forrest, historian and professor of history, University of Alabama: Prepared statement
Vazsonyi, Balint, director, Center for the American Founding: Prepared statement
Yinger, John M., professor of economics and public administration, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University: Prepared statement
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOREIGN-BORN CITIZENS TO BE PRESIDENT
MONDAY, JULY 24, 2000
House of Representatives,
Subcommittee on the Constitution,
Committee on the Judiciary,
Washington, DC.
The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 4:45 p.m., in Room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Charles T. Canady [chairman of the subcommittee] presiding.
Present: Representatives Charles T. Canady, Spencer Bachus, Bob Barr, Melvin L. Watt and Barney Frank.
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Staff present: Cathleen Cleaver, chief counsel; Jonathan A. Vogel, counsel; Paul B. Taylor, counsel; Susana Gutierrez, clerk; and Anthony Foxx, minority counsel.
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN CANADY
Mr. CANADY. The subcommittee will be in order. The subcommittee meets now to conduct a hearing on H.J.Res. 88, which proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make eligible for the office of the President a person who has been the United States citizen for 20 years. This amendment, which was introduced by the gentleman from Massachusetts Mr. Frank would change the portion of the Presidential qualifications clause in article II, section 1, clause 5 of the United States Constitution that limits eligibility for the Presidency of the United States to natural-born citizens.
[H.J.Res. 88 follows:]
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 88
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make eligible for the Office of President a person who has been a United States citizen for twenty years.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 29, 2000
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make eligible for the Office of President a person who has been a United States citizen for twenty years.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:
‘’Article —
‘’A person who is a citizen of the United States, who has been for twenty years a citizen of the United States, and who is otherwise eligible to the Office of President, is not ineligible to that Office by reason of not being a native born citizen of the United States.’’
Mr. CANADY. As we will hear in today’s testimony, the drafters of the Constitution left little written record of the purpose of the natural-born citizen requirement. Historians trace the origin of the phrase to a letter written by John Jay to George Washington during the Convention’s deliberations in 1787. Jay, who would become an author the Federalist Papers and would later be appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, recommended that the drafters provide, and I quote, a strong check, closed quote, against the admission of foreigners into the Government and expressly require that the Commander in Chief be a natural-born citizen.
Some sources suggest that Jay was responding to a rumor that the Convention was secretly designing a monarchy to be ruled by a foreign monarch, but Jay’s warning can also be seen simply as a reflection of the widely held fear of foreign influence in this new country’s elections and of a general distrust of executive power at that time.
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Many view these considerations as equally relevant today. The natural-born citizen qualification continues to provide to the political system of the United States a certain level of protection against the influence of foreign nations. In addition to this safeguard, the requirement also secures the ability of the President to make decisions involving domestic and foreign policy that are in the best interests of the United States without an inherent emotional or familial attachment to another nation.
Supporters of the measure, however, argue that the limitation is no longer warranted. They assert that distinguishing natural-born from naturalized citizens has no relevance in determining who might be subject to actual foreign influence. Unlike natural-born citizens, naturalized citizens have made an express commitment to embrace this Nation’s principles. The many naturalized citizens have indeed served this country with great honor and distinction.
Moreover, supporters of the amendment regard eligibility for the Presidency as a civil right with strong symbolic importance and assert that the principle of equality is not served unless every citizen has the opportunity to reach the Nation’s highest office.
I want to thank the witnesses for being with us here to discuss this matter. I look forward to their testimony.
Now I will recognize the author of this proposed Constitutional amendment Mr. Frank.
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju67306.000/hju67306_0.htm
For that reason the State Department does not consider a person like Cruz to be a naturalized citizen
7 FAM 1131.6-3 Not Citizens by “Naturalization”
(TL:CON-68; 04-01-1998)
Section 201(g) NA and section 301(g) INA (formerly section 301(a)(7) INA) both specify that naturalization is "the conferring of nationality of a state upon a person after birth." Clearly, then, Americans who acquired their citizenship by birth abroad to U.S. citizens are not considered naturalized citizens under either act.
It will be a huge problem if he tries to explain his current birth certificate, not the Canadian one.
Sure they will and I can open carry in California, because many states approve of that.
There are those who have wanted to do away with barring naturalized citizens from becoming president. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was an impetus for that movement at that time. It failed.
However actual courts have ruled that Ted Cruz is a natural born citizen and no court has ruled that he doesn’t qualify as natural born.
The court challenges are to be continued.
“Illinois and New Hampshire Agree Ted Cruz is a Natural Born Citizen”
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/02/illinois_and_new_hampshire_agree_cruz_is_a_natural_born_citizen.html
Florida judge dismisses eligibility lawsuit against Cruz and Rubio
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/florida-judge-dismisses-eligibility-lawsuit-against-cruz-and-rubio.html/
May he have many "a rough patch" - fine with me. Leading to him bowing out.
We argue about everything here....that doesn't make it fact....
In fact, I believe we are now arguing about arguing :^)
New York judge dismisses lawsuit questioning Ted Cruz’s presidential eligibility
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/new-york-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-questioning-ted-cruzs-presidential-eligibility.html/
An Amendment to the Constitution is required to change the NBC requirement, not the ruling of a judge in any state.
Why did the House propose to amend the Constitution in 2000 this was not necessary?
I know, it’s a trick.
There is no way that you can honestly answer the above question.
As subjected to interpretation by the Supremes....
....Not the singing group :^)
Great work. I agree except “Anchors” are citizens day one. That is why they are called “ anchor”.
Good job! Of course Alexander Hamilton’s recommendation was purely based on considerations of our national interests and in no wise was it influenced by any aspect of his, um, personal background. [Sarc warning light ON]
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