The weight of scholarly legal and historical opinion appears to support the notion that 'natural born Citizen' means one who is entitled under the Constitution or laws of the United States to U.S. citizenship 'at birth' or 'by birth,' including any child born 'in' the United States, the children of United States citizens born abroad, and those born abroad of one citizen parents who has met U.S. residency requirements," the CRS's Jack Maskell wrote. So in short: Cruz is a citizen; Cruz is not naturalized; therefore Cruz is a natural-born citizen, and in any case his mother is a citizen.
Of course it does, I was being facetious. But I'll bet if questioned, Cruz will offer up his birth cert.
All that will do is prove he was born in Canada.
Yes, well that is kind of the point about providing a birth certificate.
So, he shows a birth certificate that shows he was not born in the US. It does not answer the question if he is natural born.
Well, I don't know. I am not a lawyer. He has on US citizen parent and one who is not. So, i need to see what the law says on that or how that is to be interpreted.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
Of course it does, I was being facetious. But I'll bet if questioned, Cruz will offer up his birth cert.
All that will do is prove he was born in Canada.
Yes, well that is kind of the point about providing a birth certificate.
So, he shows a birth certificate that shows he was not born in the US. It does not answer the question if he is natural born.
Well, I don't know. I am not a lawyer. He has on US citizen parent and one who is not. So, i need to see what the law says on that or how that is to be interpreted.
I have read articles over the years and there seems to be arguments on both sides. Just parsing this one it seems it may be interesting.
Ok, well i know he is a US citizen now too. That isn't the question.
My poorly offered bit of sacasm is that he has more proof than Obama.
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Wouldn't a natural born citizen just be someone that is born a citizen? I mean, if you are both to parents stationed overseas, you are still natural born. It doesn't actually say "born on U.S. soil".
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I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
My baby granddaughter is a us citizen even though she was born in a country in Asia. Per their law at least one parent had to be a citizen. At two weeks old she got her us passport.