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Suit challenging Cruz eligibility reaches Supreme Court [View all]
Last edited Sat Apr 9, 2016, 11:35 PM - Edit history (1)
Suit challenging Cruz eligibility reaches Supreme CourtBy 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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