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In reply to the discussion: Ted Cruz is not eligible to be president. [View all]SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)40. That's right! Wish something would derail that nasty little troll's campaign.
Whatever it takes.
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'Congress simply does not have the power to convert someone born outside the United States
elleng
Jan 2016
#3
It's already defined in contemporary statute law (Naturalization Act 1790)
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2016
#24
Whether you misunderstood something isn't clear because there is so little law on this point
Jim Lane
Jan 2016
#98
The fact that he had citizenship at birth due to his mother being a citizen,
prayin4rain
Jan 2016
#99
See my comment about people who're too stupid to grasp the difference between "native-born"...
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2016
#34
One cannot have differences of opinion in regard to established facts.
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2016
#19
Unfortunately, it's clear that the Constitution DOES give weight to "trivial accidents of birth"
Jim Lane
Jan 2016
#96
That's right! Wish something would derail that nasty little troll's campaign.
SammyWinstonJack
Jan 2016
#40
This shit was stupid when they threw it at obama, and it's just as stupid against Cruz
Scootaloo
Jan 2016
#26
Well, yes, the post I was replying to was about amending the Constitution (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2016
#56
I'm not sure that any constitutional amendment on who is eligible to be president
Nye Bevan
Jan 2016
#67
Why would you want to spoil all of the fun, we could just be getting started.
A Simple Game
Jan 2016
#79
this is just getting silly - of course he is a natural-born citizen as he was a US citizen at birth
DrDan
Jan 2016
#42
Yep, it's kind of ridiculous and no way should any of our candidates touch it,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2016
#58
"Cruz was naturalized at birth." Well, I am not a Constit. Lawyer, but that sounds like
yellowcanine
Jan 2016
#52
That would be because he wasn't born in the US. He was born in Canada. No one disputes that.
WillowTree
Jan 2016
#64
Not necessarily true that someone born abroad to a US citizen is automatically a US citizen.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2016
#68
Thankfully, we have this constitutional law professor to tell us what the founders intended.
hughee99
Jan 2016
#60
With all due respect, the writer in the OP link was suggesting that they know what the founders
hughee99
Jan 2016
#75
Acquisition of foreign citizenship is not sufficient to extinguish existing US citizenship
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2016
#87
how utterly dumb and calculating of the gopE not to get this squared away before primaries
restorefreedom
Jan 2016
#100
The answer does not exist yet and will not until the SCOTUS interprets "natural born citizen," as
merrily
Jan 2016
#101
Right, there won't be a final answer until there's a proper 'case and controversy.'
elleng
Jan 2016
#110