Cruz and Rubio Eligibility Lawsuit Set for 11 AM, Friday March 4th in Florida
Senator Ted Cruz’s status as a natural born
Canadian and a number of related eligibility lawsuits
were underreported nationally, until news hit that an IL judge was hearing one of the cases.
Cruz’s lawsuits were filed in Florida, Vermont, Texas, Utah, Illinois, Arkansas, Alabama,New York, and Pennsylvania, and individuals who raised a
ballot challenge in Indiana are weighing whether they’ll file suit.
Thomas
Lee, a professor of constitutional and international law at Fordham Law School,
explained a portion of the Originalist view of
natural born citizenship, namely jus soli andjus sanguinis. As Mario Apuzzo elucidates:
“The
historical and legal record demonstrates that in order to be a citizen by
virtue of birth alone, one must be born in the country to parents who were
its citizen at the time of the child’s birth. Indeed, a natural born
citizen is a child born or reputed born in the country to parents who were its
citizens at the time of the child’s birth.”
Although Florida media
reported that Senator Marco Rubio’s parents were not US citizens when
he was born, national media has largely avoided the topic. The
hearing for the Cruz/Rubio eligibility lawsuit in Florida is set for 11 AM,
Friday March 4th.
The motions filed in defense of Cruz and Rubio in Florida
are available to the public through the Broward County Court website due
to the state’s sunshine laws, Case # CACE15022044. Each one stakes their
claim on only one half of the historical natural born requirements. Rubio
argues the only thing that matters is he “was born in the United States”, while Cruz
argues the only thing that matters is his mother’s citizenship, although the
bulk of both rely on attempts to stop the case from moving forward on
technicalities vs merits. Stunningly, while both crisscross the country
appealing to voters, both have now argued that voters have no recourse to
challenge a candidate over ineligibility, that courts have no authority to rule
on this Constitutional matter. Instead, both argue it must wait until they are
elected as President/Vice President and then the legislative body where they’re
employed at the will of The People, Congress, would determine whether they’re
eligible and if not, choose their replacement. That does not
sound like a Conservative, accountable to voters, Separation of Powers
viewpoint. What’s worse is both US Senators are pursuing and defending their
own ambitions for the Executive Branch in a way that undermines the
Constitution and Founders’ Intent.
“I do solemnly swear
(or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United
States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith
and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any
mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully
discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me
God.”
