tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post6854862381870930344..comments2024-01-13T07:38:36.064-05:00Comments on Target Liberty: BREAKING Lawsuit Filed Over Whether Ted Cruz is a ‘Natural Born Citizen’Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-31087157009014470562016-02-12T05:05:32.005-05:002016-02-12T05:05:32.005-05:00ya... that doesnt work Canadian law in 1970 did no...ya... that doesnt work Canadian law in 1970 did not allow any dual citizenship in Canada where Ted was born, all parent of dual citizenship had to decide whether their child would be Canadian or any other, Teds chose Canadian and he remained on until 2014.Phenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582837947155559001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-1521569793992588092016-02-12T05:03:58.067-05:002016-02-12T05:03:58.067-05:00but it has been decided by the supreme court, on n...but it has been decided by the supreme court, on no less than 4 occasions over the years.<br /><br />The Venus, 12 U.S. 8 Cranch 253 253 (1814)<br />“The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives or indigenes are those born in the country of parents who are citizens.Phenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582837947155559001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-85575903822031644592016-01-16T00:17:26.896-05:002016-01-16T00:17:26.896-05:00Yeah, god, we're not talking Macduff 'ripp...Yeah, god, we're not talking Macduff 'ripped untimely'. What would be more naturally born would be if he were born in America.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02208814186357701672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-50083571355554743072016-01-15T22:48:33.968-05:002016-01-15T22:48:33.968-05:00Tom Woods, on his podcast today (1/15/2016) cited ...Tom Woods, on his podcast today (1/15/2016) cited the writing of William Blackstone in his "Commentaries Of The Laws Of England" (1765) as his guide as to the meaning of 'natural born'. <br /><br />Blackstone wrote: "The first and most obvious division of the people is into aliens and natural-born subjects. Natural-born subjects are such as are born within the dominions of Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991310453967308661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-5543985240042116362016-01-15T18:08:00.778-05:002016-01-15T18:08:00.778-05:00"Natural Born" and "dual national&q..."Natural Born" and "dual national" go together nicely. Nothing to see here.Beijing Yankeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01973656445672670016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-26648094641899520362016-01-15T17:13:58.604-05:002016-01-15T17:13:58.604-05:00Why do the federal courts and Supreme Court have t...Why do the federal courts and Supreme Court have to decide everything? We can't live without the federal courts on this question?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14541247221427536879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-72076952494864263822016-01-15T16:57:13.762-05:002016-01-15T16:57:13.762-05:00Surely it all depends on whether his mother was a ...Surely it all depends on whether his mother was a US citizen at the time of his birth. Did her grant of Canadian citizenship automatically cancel her US citizenship? If not, then MY interpretation of "natural born" is one who is not adopted, but nurtured in the womb by his US mother until she produced him, bloody and squalling, at the end of the pregnancy. What could be more "Gordon Barlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525819944507167458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-43943769023030661172016-01-15T15:48:11.242-05:002016-01-15T15:48:11.242-05:00Hope it works. It's not the best writing ever ...Hope it works. It's not the best writing ever seen.Sarah Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607932036468050986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-57412864296928323962016-01-15T15:18:01.076-05:002016-01-15T15:18:01.076-05:00"No person except a natural born Citizen, or ..."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; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States." -- Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, Michael Riverohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928122964781193669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-22457847377998292792016-01-15T14:03:12.218-05:002016-01-15T14:03:12.218-05:00One part of this story that hasn't got much tr...One part of this story that hasn't got much traction is that this issue came up with the military brat John McCain in 2008, so the Senate declared him a citizen. Ironically, McCain recently questioned Cruz's eligibility and when Mitch McConnell was asked if he would push a vote to declare Cruz a natural born citizen, he said no. Gee, I wonder why?JayShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623532742430650668noreply@blogger.com