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Interesting Opinion Piece in Today's Wall Street Journal
On 1/15/16 9:20 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/15/2016 7:52 AM, wrote:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-high-cost-of-a-bad-reputation-1452816727?mod=trending_now_5
Peggy Noonan gets it right on the money with Hillary and Ted Cruz.
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Mr. Cruz is getting no backup from other Republicans on Mr. Trump’s
birther argument because “almost no one” who works with Mr. Cruz
“likes him.” And as for Hillary Clinton, the problem “is that so many
people do not find her to be a person of reliable integrity.”
Apparently the specific meaning of "natural born" has never been
interpreted or defined in the Supreme Court as it relates to eligibility
to be POTUS or VP however there have been
related cases in which "natural born" was defined by the court.
In each case, the interpretation defined a "natural born" citizen as
being a person born *in* the USA of parents who were citizens. The
definition dates back centuries ago to "The Law of Nations", written by
Emmerich de Vattel, a Swiss-German philosopher of law and adopted by
France, Great Britain and the founding fathers of the USA.
Under this definition, Cruz *and* Rubio are not eligible. Cruz was born
in Canada. Rubio was born in the USA in 1971 but his Cuban parents did
not become US citizens until 1975. Trump, although having a mother born
in Scotland *is* because he was born in the USA and his parents were
citizens.
Now, we have to go check Hillary's family history. :-)
Noonan thinks Hillary has an integrity problem? Hmmm. Where does that
leave Trump, Christie, Rubio, Cruz, Huckabee, et cetera?
So, Rubio is an...anchor baby?
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