This for the Citizens, That keep debating where Senator Cruz in Eligible to run. THIS WILL TELL YOU THAT SENATOR TED CRUZ IS ELIGIBLE TO RUN AND SERVICE AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA..... Yes, Ted Cruz IS eligible to serve as President of the United States of America... As the American political right begins to set its sights on the 2016 presidential election, a bit of a kerfuffle has persisted over the eligibility of Ted Cruz, should he decide to seek the Republican nomination. Most confusing for some may be the persistent voices on the right who insist Cruz is ineligible. While I find it incredibly bizarre that people who are staunchly on the right would be spending so much energy trying to disqualify one of strongest, most conservative political leaders our side can field, I can assure you that however well-intentioned their views may be, they are mistaken in their understanding of Cruz’s eligibility. Let us see if we can walk through this, one piece at a time. First, let’s take a quick look at the law itself. The qualifications for serving as president are laid out in the Constitution, which among other things says: “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…” So, natural born citizen—check. This is the part for which it is claimed Cruz doesn’t qualify, but what exactly is a “natural born citizen”? Despite the great amount of debate, there truly is one and only one legally controlling authority, and that is U.S. Code law and, of course, its interpretation. This matter is, or ought to be, largely outside debate. The Constitution defined our government, and the boundaries and constraints under which it would operate. However, the Founders understood that a body of code law would have to be created within the Constitution’s framework, and they gave the power to create laws to Congress. The Constitution is a short, simple document, and rightly so. It is up to Congress to create laws that faithfully represent the intent of the Constitution. In other words, the Framers didn’t spell out a definition for “natural born citizen” because it was deliberately left to Congress to determine. Indeed, a faithful interpretation of the Constitution—a document revered by us conservatives—must include recognition that this power was granted to Congress. The legal definition of a “natural born citizen,” a.k.a. a “citizen at birth,” can be found in section 1401, Subchapter III of the U.S. Code. Now, let us look at how this applies to Ted Cruz, and see if we can’t put this question to bed. Senator Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, which of course is in Canada. The senator’s father, Rafael Cruz, is from Cuba, and has quite an interesting story himself, but was not a citizen at the time of his son’s birth. His mother, Eleanor Elizabeth Wilson, however, was a citizen, having been born and raised in Delaware. Eleanor attended Rice university in Texas, where she also worked for Shell Oil Company as a programmer after graduating. This brings us to subsection (d) of section 1401 of the previously mentioned U.S. Code, which in defining those who are legally citizens at birth, reads: (d) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the birth of such person, and the other of whom is a national, but not a citizen of the United States; (emphasis mine) This is the aspects of the U.S. code which pertains to Senator Cruz. a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions Ted Cruz was born in Canada. of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States His mother was a U.S. citizen, born in Delaware. who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the birth of such person His mother was born, raised, and lived in the United States. She was thus “physically present in the United States” for far more that the required “continuous period of one year prior to the birth of such person.” and the other of whom is a national, but not a citizen of the United States His father was a U.S. national, but not a citizen. He was married to Eleanor Elizabeth Wilson, a U.S. citizen, thus making him a national according to the law. Ted Cruz fits all the requirements established in Section 1401
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 05:39:36 +0000
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