Politico Questions Ted Cruz Presidential Eligibility, But NOT “Obama?”
Posted by By GeorgeM at 8 January, at 17 : 02 PM Print
Panicked by the thought that a smart, charismatic Latino Conservative might run for President, the Left is already trying to put the kebosh on it four years early.
We have previously stated on these pages that Cruz is ineligible for the Presidency because he was born in Canada to a Cuban father. There is no “grey area” as Politico states- it is plain black and white– I-N-E-L-I-G-I-B-L-E. See our natural born Citizenship page.
Cruz seems to have already started his presidential campaign (sound familiar), when the words of his oath are still echoing in the Senate halls. Not surprisingly, he has been a virulent anti-”birther” and says he’s eligible. Copy a successful model, huh?
Politico Goes Birther On Sen Ted Cruz: Ignores Obama’s Ineligibility; Natural Born Citizen?
Ted Cruz may have the aura of a future presidential contender, but is he even eligible to run?
The newly sworn-in Texas senator and rising Republican star was born in Canada, to a mother who was born in Delaware and Cuban father. That’s triggered a debate about whether he’s eligible for the nation’s highest office — nevermind that he’s been in Congress less than a week.
While there’s no legal precedent for Cruz’s situation, most constitutional scholars surveyed by POLITICO believe the 42-year-old tea party sensation would be OK. But there’s just enough gray area to stoke controversy, as Cruz learned during his campaign for Senate last year.
The U.S. Constitution states: “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President…”
“The question ultimately is, What do we mean by a natural born citizen?” asked Yale law professor Bruce Ackerman.
“The problem is, no one knows what a natural born citizen is,” agreed University of Arizona professor Gabriel Chin, who argued in 2008 that Sen. John McCain was not eligible to be president. [...]
Laurence Tribe, a constitutional law professor at Harvard Law School and an adviser to Obama, said Cruz would be smart to prepare a more thorough explanation to put the issue to rest, much like the brief he prepared with Ted Olson that affirmed McCain’s eligibility. [...]
CONTINUED HERE: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/cruz-draws-presidential-buzz-but-is-he-eligible-85873.html
1) Natural Born Citizen: One must look to where the founders penned this phrase. In letters between the founders (can be found at the Smithsonian) they talk of Emmerich de Vattel whose book, The Law of Nations they relied on for the common law definition of natural born citizen, we go to Book 1, Chapter 19 and paragraph 212. Here we find that a natural born citizen is “one born of citizen parents”, the operative word being parents, mean not one but both are citizens.
http://www.constitution.org/vattel/vattel.htm
2) Cruz was born in Canada. Did his father become a naturalized US citizen before moving to Canada. The only way he would be eligible as a natural born citizen is if his father and mother retained US citizenship.
Thomas Neith, 5 months ago
From Writer Col. Lawrence Sellin (Ret.) 1-9-13:
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) was born on December 22, 1970 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Cruz’s mother is from Delaware, but Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, came to the U.S. from Cuba in 1957 to study at the University of Texas. Rafael Cruz did not become a U.S. citizen until 2005. Ted Cruz is not a natural born citizen.
http://www.nndb.com/people/839/000354774/
http://www.voxxi.com/ted-cruz-latino-fire-texas-future/
http://www.texastribune.org/2012/08/13/texplainer-could-canadian-born-ted-cruz-be-preside/
GeorgeM, 5 months ago
I have read my Constitution and Ted Cruz is not eligible for our highest office, Neither are Marco Rubio nor Barack Obama (aka. Barry Soetero). I know these facts and it is too bad that many other people calling themselves Americans aren’t aware or don’t care because many want to elect Rubio for our next President along with those that vote for Obama and allow him to rape our Constitution. There seems to be no cure for stupidity as witnessed by our entire Congress that continues to give Obama a free ride and refuses to do their job and uphold and obey our Constitution. They are paid to represent America and uphold its laws while I am a simple peon and yet I know more about our laws and Justice system than any of them who are paid to know and represent us.
Melvin E. Holliday, 5 months ago