Tue Jan 12, 2016, 03:50 PM

TeddyR (2,493 posts)

WaPo OP Claiming Cruz isn't a natural born citizen

WaPo ran a piece today from a professor at Widener who contends that Cruz isn't a "natural born citizen" as required to be president. I did a bit of reading on this issue when the crazy wing of the Republican party claimed a few years ago that President Obama wasn't eligible and I tend to agree with the author of the article.

Let me be clear: I am not a so-called birther. I am a legal historian. President Obama is without question eligible for the office he serves. The distinction between the president and Cruz is simple: The president was born within the United States, and the senator was born outside of it. That is a distinction with a difference.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ted-cruz-is-not-eligible-to-be-president/2016/01/12/1484a7d0-b7af-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
WaPo OP Claiming Cruz isn't a natural born citizen (Original post)	TeddyR	Jan 2016	OP
Making room for Rubio!	Iliyah	Jan 2016	#1
Yeah	TeddyR	Jan 2016	#3
It's his mother that needs to be intestigated	lewebley3	Jan 2016	#2
For having sex with It's Father...	Lochloosa	Jan 2016	#4
In 1974 both of his parents were on the federal voter rolls in canada. if she renounced her citizen	roguevalley	Jan 2016	#5
If she renounced her citizenship, the US would have paperwork on it.	MohRokTah	Jan 2016	#7
Just like with climate change skeptics,...	MohRokTah	Jan 2016	#6
Born in Canada and didn't come to the US until he was 4.	NightWatcher	Jan 2016	#8

Response to TeddyR (Original post)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 03:53 PM

Iliyah (25,111 posts)

1. Making room for Rubio!

T-rump ain't gonna make it. . .

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Response to Iliyah (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 04:38 PM

TeddyR (2,493 posts)

3. Yeah

I still think Rubio would be the most dangerous in the GE -- Trump won't draw enough independents and Rubio, while really right wing, isn't as batshit right wing crazy as Cruz (and is a better politician).

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Tue Jan 12, 2016, 03:53 PM

lewebley3 (3,412 posts)

2. It's his mother that needs to be intestigated

Last edited Thu Jan 14, 2016, 02:17 PM - Edit history (1)

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Response to lewebley3 (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 04:51 PM

Lochloosa (15,722 posts)

4. For having sex with It's Father...

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Response to Lochloosa (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 05:54 PM

roguevalley (40,656 posts)

5. In 1974 both of his parents were on the federal voter rolls in canada. if she renounced her citizen

status as an american then he's toast. Lawrence Tribe doesn't believe he's legal either.

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Response to roguevalley (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 06:00 PM

MohRokTah (15,429 posts)

7. If she renounced her citizenship, the US would have paperwork on it.

Canada does not require you renounce your citizenship when you become a naturalized citizen and the US government must take affirmative steps to revoke the citizenship of a person who becomes a citizen of a foreign nation should they choose to do so.

Since there is no paper trail on Cruz's mother losing her citizenship AND since she came back into the country as a full citizen, your theory does not hold water.

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Response to TeddyR (Original post)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 05:58 PM

MohRokTah (15,429 posts)

6. Just like with climate change skeptics,...

WaPo finds the one legal scholar not part of the 99.3% of legal scholars who agree that Cruz is a natural born citizen.

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Tue Jan 12, 2016, 06:08 PM

NightWatcher (39,343 posts)

8. Born in Canada and didn't come to the US until he was 4.

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