Cruz Ineligible to be President--From the Blogs

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  Tabasco531 • a month ago

  Some legal scholars, that are Constitutional lawyers, define a natural birth, as being one that is born in US territory. If not, then you become a naturalized citizen of a foreign birth. If that interpretation is correct, then Ted Cruz can't run for the Presidency, because he was born in Canada. Once he and his parents moved to the US then he became a naturalized citizen by his mothers birth rights in this country (US). However, legal scholars don't substitute for a SCOTUS decision, so it will eventually be decided in 2016, if it is necessary, by SCOTUS. 
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• The possibility exists that Ted Cruz may not be the standard bearer of the Republican Party. In his legal challenge to his natural born citizenship it doesn't become mute, because he is not picked, but it may not be important to have a SCOTUS decision in time for the Republican Convention. The issue should be determined immediately by SCOTUS, show that issue is decided, which could change how the Republican Convention does elect their standard bearer. 
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• This decision, if it comes, would only be fair to the people who are candidates for the Presidency from the RP, but also, for the voters who may chose to vote for Ted Cruz, or someone else in the RP primaries. It would be a shame if Ted Cruz becomes the standard bearer for the RP, and he is then disqualified before the November 2016 election. If no decision is forthcoming and he is elected, then an impeachment hearing, and vote to remove him would be necessary, in Congress. Let's hope, that it never reaches this point in time, for our nation to remove a sitting President, for Constitutional qualifications.