Posted on 01/23/2016 6:50:32 PM PST by Enlightened1
A Republican attorney in Illinois, a supporter of Ben Carson, on Friday filed a motion with the Illinois State Board of Elections to have Sen. Ted Cruz's name removed from the official Republican primary ballot for the Illinois GOP presidential primary set for March 15.
The legal challenge confirms fellow candidate Donald Trump's argument that the issue of eligibility to be president under Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution will dog Cruz as the Texas senator pursues the GOP nomination for president, and possibly a subsequent White House bid.
The motion from Lawrence J. Joyce, who makes his living as a pharmacist licensed in his state, notes that Cruz was born on Dec. 22, 1970, in the city of Calgary, in the Canadian province of Alberta, and that Cruz has been a citizen of the United States continuously since birth under § 301(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1401.
But Joyce's motion challenges that Cruz is not a "natural born citizen" under the meaning of Article 2, Section 1, and as a result not eligible to be president.
The 'nightmare scenario'
"I have principally two reasons for doing this," Joyce explained to WND in an email. "First, I think Dr. Carson would make both a better president of the United States and a better nominee of the Republican Party.
"Second, I am terrified that if we don't get this cleared up right now, if Ted Cruz does become the nominee, the Democrats will cherry-pick which court or election board they will petition to have him declared to be ineligible in September or October," Joyce continued.
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At that point the Delegates would vote on who would be the nominee. Karl Rove is already working that angle so it would be an Establishment candidate like Jeb, Rubio or maybe even Romney again.
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Well, bud, from the poll numbers it looks like you're one of maybe a handful of people who do.
I’m not convinced that Carson has a cold chance in hell of winning anything at this point, but I DO think that ANYBODY running for the office should be way above any question of qualifications.
I see trouble in the future if foreigners are permitted to run. This time it’s a Canadian and they’re a lot like Americans, but how about the one who isn’t? Any argument regarding eligibility will be totally tossed out the window, so it’s better to make the point NOW, rather than later.
This really is the camel’s nose under the proverbial tent. Obozo got away with it, and shouldn’t have. The fact that questions existed in the first place should have totally disqualified him...and it would have saved ALL of us a whole lot of grief.
Better to nip it in the bud.
He doesn’t have standing. But Trump might in any state. So pull the trigger Donald.
Rubio isn’t eligible either. Both of his parents were not citizens when he was born.
Here’s something else to think about. Obama put some 260 plus judges on the federal bench.
Exactly!
The fact that “Obama” had an alien father should have disqualified him, in retrospect.
Agree 100% with everything you said.
He was born in Miami, Florida.
This was bound to happen if anyone cared about the Constitution. All the evidence at the time of the framing supports the Article II, section 1, clause 5 definition of natural born citizen as someone born of two citizen parents on the native soil. Cruz is not eligible on both counts, parentage and American soil. He has admitted in the past that he was not eligible, but recently changed his mind and decided to run.
And we all know the Dems will do exactly this!
Yes, but his parents were not even American citizens when he was born. He is an anchor baby.
Where were you when Obama began occupying the White House? The Republican Party was as quite as a whore in Church then? Why are they just now getting their panties in a wad? Or are only Kenyan muslims exempt?
Rubio was born in 1971.
Wasn’t the 14th Amendment added back in the 1800s?
"I am terrified that if we don't get this cleared up right now, if Ted Cruz does become the nominee, the Democrats will cherry-pick which court or election board they will petition to have him declared to be ineligible in September or October," Joyce continued.
"The result could be that the Democrats may chalk up a string of three or four or five victories [in their election board petitions] in a row, potentially forcing Cruz to resign the nomination (if for no other reason than that fund raising would quickly dry up)," Joyce explained.
"Then Mr. [Karl] Rove and company would hand-pick his replacement as the nominee," he concluded.
Joyce argued that in his nightmare scenario, should Cruz be forced to withdraw as the GOP presidential nominee, the party's vice presidential nominee would not automatically become the presidential nominee.
Under the circumstances of a nominee withdrawing, he said, GOP party bosses could make a replacement choice that Joyce would find objectionable, including the possibility of nominating Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Chris Christie or Rep. Paul Ryan, all of whom Joyce named as likely Cruz replacements in this scenario.
OMG this would be the worst damn thing that could happen!!! I wouldn’t put it past these bastards!!! I support Trump but I am WAITING for the big BOOM from these asshats!!!
Exactly, he is an anchor baby not a NBC. Two birds, one stone.
Why do you say Trump cannot let this happen? He warned Cruz to fix it, said it would be a problem. Cruz has deliberately ignored it, treating it like a joke. Seems it’s Cruz’s problem now, not Trump’s.
I know and that’s why I say it.
To have the discussion now. That way we have a lot better chance of circumventing this from ever happening.
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