Post by Logan on Jan 27, 2016 0:52:51 GMT -6
Utahn’s federal suit challenges presidential eligibility of Cruz
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is not a natural-born U.S. citizen and therefore is not eligible to run for president, according to a lawsuit filed by a Utah citizen in federal court last Friday that echoes a common charge from opponent Donald Trump.
Cruz was born in Calgary to a Cuban citizen and a U.S. citizen. At the time, plaintiff Walter Wagner argues, both of Cruz's parents were seeking permanent Canadian residence.
Cruz, who would renounce his Canadian citizenship in 2014, has said the matter is straightforward: He was born abroad to a mother who was a U.S. citizen, qualifying him as a U.S. citizen. But does it qualify him as a "natural-born" citizen — and what does that mean, even?
Wagner, a 65-year-old former attorney living in Utah County, cites a Washington Post op-ed written by Widener University constitutional law professor Mary McManamon, in which she argues that contrary to "a supposed consensus among legal experts," "[t]he framers of the Constitution required the president of the United States to be born in the United States."
Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/3463043-155/utahns-federal-suit-challenges-presidential-eligibility
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is not a natural-born U.S. citizen and therefore is not eligible to run for president, according to a lawsuit filed by a Utah citizen in federal court last Friday that echoes a common charge from opponent Donald Trump.
Cruz was born in Calgary to a Cuban citizen and a U.S. citizen. At the time, plaintiff Walter Wagner argues, both of Cruz's parents were seeking permanent Canadian residence.
Cruz, who would renounce his Canadian citizenship in 2014, has said the matter is straightforward: He was born abroad to a mother who was a U.S. citizen, qualifying him as a U.S. citizen. But does it qualify him as a "natural-born" citizen — and what does that mean, even?
Wagner, a 65-year-old former attorney living in Utah County, cites a Washington Post op-ed written by Widener University constitutional law professor Mary McManamon, in which she argues that contrary to "a supposed consensus among legal experts," "[t]he framers of the Constitution required the president of the United States to be born in the United States."
Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/3463043-155/utahns-federal-suit-challenges-presidential-eligibility