Aarggghh, "govenor". I feel Doc's pain. I remember when I failed to proof a FB post for our organization. I just copied/pasted what I was given and sure enough, it had a glaring, stupid error. AFTER it had been published, I saw the mistake and wanted to quit and move out of state. I was embarrassed beyond reason.
Fact #1: I followed this issue from the start as a 'birther conspiracy' nut. He was born in Canada in 1971 to a Cuban national and an alleged American mother. In 1971 Canada did NOT recognize dual citizenship. His mother had a record of having voted in Canadian elections which would mean she gave up her American citizenship for a Canadian one. That makes Teddy boy a Canadian born citizen, not natural born, which is to 2 American citizen parents or back in the beginning of our country the father had to have been a citizen of America under Article 2 of our Constitution. The 'natural born' term has never been litigated to the SCOTUS in relation to the offiice of the Presidency
Fact # 1: Ted Cruz ( just like Obama did) sealed his and his mother's records. Why would he do that if those questioning his natural born status not hit a nerve considering he touts himself as a Constitutional expert.
Marco Rubio is not 'natural born' either as his parents were both Cuban nationals when he was born here. At best he is an anchor baby. Even John McCain's 'natural born' status was called out as he was born on a military base in Panama( again if my memory serves me right as this discussion happened way back then)
Dittos for Bobby Jindhal, Nicki Haley and it was even said that Santorum was not eligible because his parents along with Grandpa moved to Mexico and became Mexican citizens so his 'natural born' status was also under scrutiny. They had gone there under Grandpas idea of establishing their Mormon traditions in Mexico and when that failed they came back to the USA where Rick was born to 2 Mexican citizens because allegedly they had not rescinded that part of their adventure when he was born also making him an anchor baby. (as best as I can recall after so many years) See: 8 FAM 102.3-7 INSULAR CASES in the link i included.
When the whole issue of 'natural born' was debated and questioned Obama's account of where he was born ( he also sealed his records and they are still unopened today just like Ted). Helena Kagan who was appointed to his administration as Solicitor General never allowed and blocked all the challenges to Obama's birth certificate and eligibility requirements. Her payment for her criminality was her selection for SCOTUS. She should be under investigation and /or impeachment by our worthless Republicans in office.
d. In Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875), the Court, in holding that the right to vote is not a right of all citizens, affirmed that women were citizens and had been such even before the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Waite engaged in a lengthy discussion of the history of citizenship, stating:
"Additions might always be made to the citizenship of the United States in two ways: first, by birth, and second, by naturalization."
e. Noting that the concept of "natural-born" citizenship predated the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, Chief Justice Waite looked to common law definitions of the term before describing its extraterritorial expansion through statute.
"At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts. It is sufficient for everything we have now to consider that all children born of citizen parents within the jurisdiction are themselves citizens."
This case clearly stated that the 'natural born' clause of the Constitution was NOT being considered as it did not apply to this case and from what I read at the time this was the last of the cases they heard on the issue till the Kenyan communist came on the scene as an illegitimate candidate.
Aarggghh, "govenor". I feel Doc's pain. I remember when I failed to proof a FB post for our organization. I just copied/pasted what I was given and sure enough, it had a glaring, stupid error. AFTER it had been published, I saw the mistake and wanted to quit and move out of state. I was embarrassed beyond reason.
It happens. I do it all the time on X and here. - Ortiz
Ted Cruz is NOT a natural born citizen and has had his and his mother's records sealed since he ran for the Senate.
Ted Cruz IS a “natural born citizen”
He is not a “native born citizen”
Trust me, I taught government for thirty years.
Fact #1: I followed this issue from the start as a 'birther conspiracy' nut. He was born in Canada in 1971 to a Cuban national and an alleged American mother. In 1971 Canada did NOT recognize dual citizenship. His mother had a record of having voted in Canadian elections which would mean she gave up her American citizenship for a Canadian one. That makes Teddy boy a Canadian born citizen, not natural born, which is to 2 American citizen parents or back in the beginning of our country the father had to have been a citizen of America under Article 2 of our Constitution. The 'natural born' term has never been litigated to the SCOTUS in relation to the offiice of the Presidency
Fact # 1: Ted Cruz ( just like Obama did) sealed his and his mother's records. Why would he do that if those questioning his natural born status not hit a nerve considering he touts himself as a Constitutional expert.
Marco Rubio is not 'natural born' either as his parents were both Cuban nationals when he was born here. At best he is an anchor baby. Even John McCain's 'natural born' status was called out as he was born on a military base in Panama( again if my memory serves me right as this discussion happened way back then)
Dittos for Bobby Jindhal, Nicki Haley and it was even said that Santorum was not eligible because his parents along with Grandpa moved to Mexico and became Mexican citizens so his 'natural born' status was also under scrutiny. They had gone there under Grandpas idea of establishing their Mormon traditions in Mexico and when that failed they came back to the USA where Rick was born to 2 Mexican citizens because allegedly they had not rescinded that part of their adventure when he was born also making him an anchor baby. (as best as I can recall after so many years) See: 8 FAM 102.3-7 INSULAR CASES in the link i included.
When the whole issue of 'natural born' was debated and questioned Obama's account of where he was born ( he also sealed his records and they are still unopened today just like Ted). Helena Kagan who was appointed to his administration as Solicitor General never allowed and blocked all the challenges to Obama's birth certificate and eligibility requirements. Her payment for her criminality was her selection for SCOTUS. She should be under investigation and /or impeachment by our worthless Republicans in office.
https://fam.state.gov/fam/08fam/08fam010203.html
d. In Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875), the Court, in holding that the right to vote is not a right of all citizens, affirmed that women were citizens and had been such even before the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Waite engaged in a lengthy discussion of the history of citizenship, stating:
"Additions might always be made to the citizenship of the United States in two ways: first, by birth, and second, by naturalization."
e. Noting that the concept of "natural-born" citizenship predated the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, Chief Justice Waite looked to common law definitions of the term before describing its extraterritorial expansion through statute.
"At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts. It is sufficient for everything we have now to consider that all children born of citizen parents within the jurisdiction are themselves citizens."
This case clearly stated that the 'natural born' clause of the Constitution was NOT being considered as it did not apply to this case and from what I read at the time this was the last of the cases they heard on the issue till the Kenyan communist came on the scene as an illegitimate candidate.
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