Once again the question as to whether Ted Cruz has a constitutional right to run for President of the United States is in the news. Donald Trump, who strongly pursued the argument that Obama was not an American citizen and therefore could not be President, is now stating a similar argument about Cruz.
On Twitter yesterday, Trump tweeted, “If Ted Cruz doesn’t clean up his act, stop cheating and doing negative ads, (I’ll) sue him for not being a natural born citizen.” He also tweeted, “Do Americans really want a Canadian born president? First non-native born in history?”, as well as “…natural born means born on American soil.”
Trump may not have to file suit as one has already been filed by five Cullman County, Alabama voters who are seeking a judgement stating that Ted Cruz is not eligible to run for President of the United States. They believe there is enough evidence that Cruz is a Canadian citizen and therefore not an American citizen.
Do they have a valid case? Read more on page two about the lawsuit against Ted Cruz.
This is the law pertaining to who is eligible to run or be president. By its definition Cruz is NOT ELIGIBLE.
Natural-born-citizen clause (Redirected from Natural Born Citizen Clause)
Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitutionfor election to the office of President or Vice President. This requirement was intended to protect the nation from foreign influence.[1]
The U.S. Constitution uses but does not define the phrase “natural born Citizen”, and various opinions have been offered over time regarding its precise meaning. The consensus of early 21st-century constitutional scholars, together with relevant case law, is that natural-born citizens include, subject to exceptions, those born in the United States. For those born elsewhere, there is an emerging consensus that they are also natural born citizens provided they meet the legal requirements for U.S. citizenship “at the moment of birth”, but the matter remains unsettled.[2][3] Every president to date was either a citizen at the adoption of the Constitution in 1789 or born in the United States; of those in the latter group, every president except two had two U.S.-citizen parents.[4]
The natural-born-citizen clause has been mentioned in passing in several decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and by some lower courts that have addressed eligibility challenges, but the Supreme Court has never directly addressed the question of a specific presidential or vice-presidential candidate’s eligibility as a natural-born citizen. Many eligibility lawsuits from the2008 and 2012 election cycles were dismissed in lower courts due to the challengers’ difficulty in showing that they had standing to raise legal objections. Additionally, some experts have suggested that the precise meaning of the natural-born-citizen clause may never be decided by the courts because, in the end, presidential eligibility may be determined to be a non-justiciable political question that can be decided only by Congress rather than by the judicial branch of government.[5][6]
It is very clear: You must be a US born citizen to run for presidency.
now they going to blame Trump lol lol
The case is not dismissed. Cruz holds a Canadian birth certificate and was a Canadian citizen until 16 months ago.
I can see this happening but why was it not done to Obama he shure as hell is not a American .
Marti Rundus, bless your heart… It doesn’t matter what Canada alows for US law. The United States says he is an American citizen at birth to an American citizen, wherever he is born. Cruz renounced Canadian citizenship to clear up any questions of loyalty. SMH This isn’t difficult to understand.
Your only problem Wesley is you have no idea of what you are talking about. Me and my daughter’s mother are both life long natural born citizens, we had a child in Germany our child had dual citizenship at birth and became qualified as natural born by following the immigration laws to the letter. If we had not followed the law carefully she would be a German national. there are time limits and other requirements that must be followed or the option disappears. This is personal experience talking. do you have a child born out of country in 1970 I do.
Wesley, no, American law does not… Cruz’s American mom would have had to file a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBS) seeings how he was NOT born within the United States or its territories but was born abroad to someone living in a foreign country. this is “naturalization”, albeit a fast tracking, but it is STILL naturalization.
Unfortunately there would have to be a document provided to prove that this was done sometime after his birth, but apparently there never was, and we cannot find any more out about the situation as Ted Cruz has gone and sealed his records from the American public, just as Obama has done.
This act if true will interrupt the Senators Run by diverting attention and resources to defend. This Action is similar to the same act I have called for by Congress to File Articles of Impeachment. Hell with the Media. go for broke and stop this imposter of a United states Citizen, including his supporting cadre of imposters.
Ohio just went through this , and decided he can run.. Not unusual..
This is a f en waste of time…Ted Cruz is one of the most brilliant legal minds out there today..do you think he would go through all this if he thought he could not run ?? and if the trumpkin thought he could win a case he would have started already …then he could be president without campaigning.