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Jim Lane

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11. You're relying on a post-birth change in the law.

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 07:49 AM

Mar 2015

As of Obama's birth in 1961 and Cruz's birth in 1960, Congress had indeed passed a law concerning U.S. citizenship of a child born abroad. Under that law, your statement ("If you are born of a U.S.citizen you are a natural born citizen no matter where in the world you are born&quot is not correct. You've stated the law as it is now but not as it was then.

If there was a child born in 1961 in Kenya to an 18-year-old U.S. citizen mother and a noncitizen father, that child was not a U.S. citizen at birth.

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I assume Ted Cruz IS a natural born citizen. [View all] rogerashton Mar 2015 OP

He's a natural born Canadian, fer shure!!! nt MADem Mar 2015 #1

No problem. Turbineguy Mar 2015 #2

I wouls like to see his proof of being a human olddots Mar 2015 #3

To be natural born he must be vaginally delivered, not shat. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #4

DUzy! Totally want to steal this and make a meme...n/t Turn CO Blue Mar 2015 #9

Macduff was from his mother's womb Untimely ripp'd. rogerashton Mar 2015 #17

Obama did not do it from the first. former9thward Mar 2015 #5

Obama "strangely" didn't make the argument you suggest because the argument is wrong. Jim Lane Mar 2015 #8

Except the argument is not wrong. former9thward Mar 2015 #10

You're relying on a post-birth change in the law. Jim Lane Mar 2015 #11

As I once saw on an episode of The Odd Couple... RoccoR5955 Mar 2015 #6

like mcfuck. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #7

Question about the CRBA Jim Lane Mar 2015 #12

There was a post on a previous thread rogerashton Mar 2015 #13

Thanks for the reference. It supports my guess that Cruz is a citizen despite the absence of a CRBA Jim Lane Mar 2015 #14

Exactly. The child is a citizen at birth regardless Mariana Mar 2015 #18

I take him at his word Capt. Obvious Mar 2015 #15

So do I -- up to a point. rogerashton Mar 2015 #16