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In reply to the discussion: Ted Cruz is not a legal US citizen [View all]Gothmog
(144,945 posts)My father was in the US army stationed in Wiesbaden (the location of one of the big US military hospitals) and my mother was also a US citizen. When I applied to take the bar, I had to provide my Consular Record of Birth Abroad to prove citizenship and to be allowed to take the bar. I took the Texas bar many years before Carnival Cruz and so the rules may have changed but I was told that I could not take the bar without the CRB. My regular birth certificate is in German and shows that my father was a 1st Lt. in the American army.
I am careful to keep my passport up to date because it takes three to six months to order and obtain a CRB from the State Department.
Since Carnival Cruz was allowed to take the Texas bar, I imagine that he as some sort of documentation like a CRB to satisfy the bar examiners. Of course, the rules could have changed since my days. I also had to travel back to my hometown to meet with a bar committee before taking the bar since I filed my original declaration of intent to study law when I was still using my mother's address. Between the date of that filing and the date I had to meet with the bar examiners, my mother had moved but I still had to return to my home town for the meeting. The committee member actually apologized for making me travel back to my home town after he looked at my transcript and saw that I was on law review and at the top of my class. My son did not have to meet the bar committee when he took the bar examination.
It is difficult to be a member of the bar without proof of citizenship. That is why I was amused by the birthers' claims in that President Obama was allowed to take the Ill. bar and would have to provide some proof of citizenship. While the rules may have changed, I would be surprised if Carnival Cruz did not have a CRB