Suit challenging Cruz eligibility reaches Supreme Court

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Suit challenging Cruz eligibility reaches Supreme Court

By Pete Williams at MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/suit-challenging-cruz-eligibility-reaches-supreme-court

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What is apparently the first lawsuit to reach the U.S. Supreme Court challenging Ted Cruz’s eligibility to run for president has now been filed. But it’s not likely to go anywhere.

A retired Utah lawyer, Walter Wagner, claims that Cruz does not meet the Constitution’s requirement that a president must be a “natural born” citizen. Cruz was born in Canada, and Wager contends that fails the natural born test.

Sen. Ted Cruz at rally in Manchester, N.H. on Feb. 8, 2016 ahead of the primary that will be held in the state on Tuesday. (Photo by Mark Peterson/Redux for MSNBC)
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In mid-March, Wagner’s case crashed shortly after takeoff for the reason other lawsuits asserting the same claim have failed. He could not meet the test for showing why the candidacy would cause him any particular harm.

Wagner said he had “a vested interest in insuring that all candidates for the position of president are legally qualified.” Somebody has to step forward, he said, so it might as well be him.



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[applegrove]

1. That freak, who doesn't truly like other human beings, running for the highest office of the

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world hurts me and I'm in Canada. The acting interested in his supporters and what they have to say. The acting humbled. The acting disgusts me let alone his policies.

[gordianot]

2. There are so many of these types they make you numb. They might as well been born on the moon.

[applegrove]

3. Oh I have dealt with them for years in real life. Why I don't want to see

one running for President.

[gordianot]

4. This year there was not even a slightly rational choice on the Republican side including Kasich.

The Democratic Party is managing to tear itself to pieces and I frankly do not know what it stands for. Maybe the United States could hire a foreign manager maybe Canada has some major talent and the United States could outsource that job.

[applegrove]

5. It is because politics is such dirty work in the USA that good people,

with the exception of old time democratic politicians like Bernie and Hillary, good people don't want to get into politics in the USA. In Canada, with our parliamentary winner take all system , if you win the election you can really get a lot of good things done in 4 or 5 years. Much more rewarding than the gridlock cum sabotage that is the US Congress today. Courtesy of the GOP and gerrymandering and money in politics. I think you have more than enough lovely people who aspire to public service. They are just scared off by how politics are in the US. And i'm sure that is intentional on the part of the GOP. They just want puppets in power. Not real leadership. After all leadership just made them face great progressive ideas over the first 3/4 of the 20th century. And what a horror that is to the GOP.

[gordianot]

8. I have known the Clintons personally for more than 30 years.

Nothing intimate but from party functions on the Missori Arkansas border. I definitely would have reservations attributing anything qualified as good to Bill other than working a room and getting groupies. I also understand Hillary's fake smile and do not blame her for that married to a goat, her line of pure BS is but pale reflection she learned from Bill. Charm only gets you so far they are wildly complementary when you go fetch them something. Bill and Hillary brought to you by Tyson foods and Walmart.

As far as Sannders he sounds like an old time liberal but I do not know him personally.

[WillowTree]

10. If they were......

......and their mothers were US citizens, they would be eligible to be President.

[gordianot]

11. That is true and it could be argued Ted's mother had dual citizenship.

The Canadian citizenship issue if it became an issue would be cleared up in court.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. "Highest office of the world"?!?

Bit of a stretch, no?

I heard Hannity once refer to Shrub as "Commander in chief of the world"

Same sort of nonsense

[Baobab]

12. WTO Director General?

WTO DG is not elected by people, they are picked by countries + perhaps corporations.

But the WTO tells countries what to do. And they have to do it.

[Baobab]

7. If one of his parents was a US citizen that does not matter.

I think naturalized citizens should be able to run after maybe ten years additional residency.

[dembotoz]

9. founding fathers were not as open