Cruz faces legal challenge over Canadian birth

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Cruz faces legal challenge over Canadian birth

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Republican Presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz looks on during the Republican Presidential debate on January 14, 2016 (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary )

Chicago (AFP) - Republican White House hopeful Ted Cruz faced a legal challenge to his eligibility to be president Friday in a lawsuit filed over his birth in Canada.

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It comes after frontrunner Donald Trump -- a 'birther' who famously challenged President Barack Obama to produce his Hawaiian birth certificate -- has been hammering away at the hardline Texas senator's eligibility.

Cruz insists he has met the constitutional requirements to be a "natural-born" citizen because his mother was born in Delaware.

During a presidential debate Thursday night, he accused the real estate mogul of manufacturing a crisis to retain his lead in the polls.

"Back in September, my friend Donald said he had his lawyers look at this from every which way and there was no issue there," Cruz said.

"Now since September, the constitution hasn't changed. But the poll numbers have," he added. "Donald is dismayed that his poll numbers are falling in Iowa."

He went on to point out that Trump, whose mother was born in Scotland, was disqualifying himself.

Trump shot back: "As you know, Ted, in the last three polls I'm beating you. So you shouldn't misrepresent how well you're doing with the polls."

"You have a big lawsuit over your head."

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Texas is seeking a judgment on Cruz's eligibility, arguing that the case law is simply not clear on the definition of a natural born US citizen.

"The entire nation cannot afford such constitutionally (sic) confusion and uncertainties overhangings (sic) the electorate process," the suit filed on behalf of Texas resident Newton Boris Schawtz argues.

Cruz was born in 1970 in Calgary, Alberta to an American mother and a Cuban father who returned to live in the United States after a year. Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship last year.

In 2008, a man unsuccessfully challenged the eligibility of Republican contender John McCain, who was born on a US military base in Panama.

As a precaution, the Senate unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing McCain as a natural citizen.

The lawsuit noted that despite the fact that Obama's mother, like that of Cruz, was indisputably an American citizen, his eligibility remains in doubt among conservative critics who still believe he was actually born in Kenya, the country of birth of his father.

"It was his birth in Hawaii that was decisive and not his mother's," the lawsuit contends. "That is why it has been under constant attack for eight years, including by Donald Trump publicly."

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[Dakine10 5,452]

Cruz is a natural born citizen, Trump is a natural born idiot. What else is there to know.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Who's birth is he going to challenge next election?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Birthers at again

[NikLR 13,227]

Obviously Trump doesnt understand how citizenship or immigration really works in this country (like many Americans.)

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I'm still surprised it has taken this long for Cruz to be challenged on his birth. Guess Trump wants to make sure he stays in the lead and he thought he would save this for last, as his "Trump Card."

[Darnell 8,478]

eh - when i was taking social studies class in high school, the rule as explain in class was

--must be born on American Soil, and yes, an Army base outside of the USA counts.

Now, that was just in a textbook, and it was a gazillion years ago, but hey !

[Janelle2002 3,865]

eh - when i was taking social studies class in high school, the rule as explain in class was

--must be born on American Soil, and yes, an Army base outside of the USA counts.

Now, that was just in a textbook, and it was a gazillion years ago, but hey !

I think us grown ups now U.S. text books lie about a lot of things..

[Transborderwife 4,666]

So when is trump going to pull out his own version of Blame Canada?

[Expat1 971]

Cruz faces legal challenge over Canadian birth

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As a precaution, the Senate unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing McCain as a natural citizen.

Somehow I doubt the US senate is going to be jumping over hoops to do the same for "red Ted"

[Expat1 971]

eh - when i was taking social studies class in high school, the rule as explain in class was

--must be born on American Soil, and yes, an Army base outside of the USA counts.

Now, that was just in a textbook, and it was a gazillion years ago, but hey !

CRBA awards "Citizen from birth" status to kiddos born abroad. I am assuming that this would apply in Cruz's case.

[NikLR 13,227]

Hasn't he also renounced Canadian citizenship?

[Darnell 8,478]

CRBA awards "Citizen from birth" status to kiddos born abroad. I am assuming that this would apply in Cruz's case.

was CRBA available when Teddy was born? Unsure.

But that's not the rule as I understand it, aye? IE - the rule as I learned it, was, must be born on American soil. Even with that said, I feel certain that what I learned was a common interpretation of stuff written in the first set of legal papers, aye? (Constitution, Amendments, etc]

Hasn't he also renounced Canadian citizenship?

Yes, but it was within this decade, so something is up and cheesy.

Speaking of cheese, he can't stop being Canadien until he stops, once and for all, his monthly shipments of poutine gravy and cheese curds...

[ExPatty 502]

This is actually really damn sad honestly. Apparently 1/4 of republicans think he is exempt due to his birth even though the bulk of legal experts who have been asked say he does qualify.

So the end result is that this is going to impact his campaign negatively, thus decreasing his odds of winning not due to his positions or character or history but because of something ultimately really stupid.

The law is arguably stupid to begin with anyway. A man born in France immigrates to the US when he's 6 months old, becomes a citizen at the age of 5.5, runs for office at the age of 65 and he is exempt? Silly.

[Darnell 8,478]

right, cause he's not a natural born citizen - ie - born within the confines of the borders of the USA.

[your French fella]