Natural Born Citizen

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is proposing a federal law that would require all candidates for president to release their 1040 personal income tax returns, including President Donald Trump. But such a law should not survive a court challenge, because it would be unconstitutional.

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump reportedly said he might file a lawsuit over fellow GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) eligibility to be President of the United States.

A lawyer in Ted Cruz’s home state of Texas has filed a lawsuit to challenge the Senator’s status as a “natural-born citizen” and thus his eligibility to run for President.

NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina — GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee commented on the recent debate over whether or not Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is considered a “natural born” citizen and therefore, elligible to be President of the United States, saying that many constitutional scholars have given “very, very compelling and convincing” arguments suggesting it could be a problem for Cruz.

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump blasted fellow GOP candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during his campaign rally Tuesday night in Cedar Falls, Iowa, telling Hawkeye state voters that Cruz is in the pockets of millionaires.

Sen. John McCain recently cast doubt over whether Ted Cruz is enough of a natural-born citizen to meet the qualifications to become president under U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 5. Contrasting to his birth on a U.S. Military base in Panama, he said, “[T]hat’s different from being born on foreign soil, so I think there is a question. I am not a Constitutional scholar on that, but I think it’s worth looking into.”

Donald Trump is actually right about something: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is not a natural-born citizen and therefore is not eligible to be president or vice president of the United States.

Thomas Lee, a professor of constitutional law and international law at Fordham Law School, writes in the Los Angeles Times that Ted Cruz would not be considered a “natural born citizen” under an originalist view of the Constitution.

A law professor has argued in the pages of the Los Angeles Times that an “originalist” reading of the Constitution means that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is not a “natural-born citizen” and therefore is ineligible for the presidency.

A document uncovered by Breitbart News indicates that the parents of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) were named on a Calgary list of electors for Canada’s federal election of July 8, 1974.

Sen. John McCain recently cast doubt over whether Ted Cruz is enough of a natural-born citizen to meet the qualifications to become president under U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 5. Contrasting to his birth on a U.S. Military base in Panama, he said, “[T]hat’s different from being born on foreign soil, so I think there is a question. I am not a Constitutional scholar on that, but I think it’s worth looking into.”

Donald Trump told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren Thursday night that he believes Sen. Ted Cruz should get a declaratory judgment from a federal court, ruling that Cruz is a natural born citizen eligible to run for president. What Trump may not know—but which his lawyers should have told him—is that Cruz can only get such a ruling if Trump sues him first.

Ah, now I get it. A stupid attack on Cruz’s citizenship helps Cruz because now the Democrats won’t use it should Cruz become the GOP nominee.

On his radio show Wednesday, Mark Levin called out Breitbart News over the issue Ted Cruz’s citizenship, “[J]ust because [Donald Trump] says something doesn’t mean I have to agree with it like our friends over at Breitbart, who are going

Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson, who also founded the highly respected Legal Insurrection blog, has addressed the question of Ted Cruz’s eligibility for the presidency, along with several other candidates.

The 2008 GOP nominee, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), says he doesn’t know if presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is eligible to run for President, since he was born in Canada.

His mother was a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth, though his father was not. Under U.S. law at the time, he was automatically a U.S. citizen. And according to the most widely-accepted interpretation of the U.S. Constitution’s “natural-born citizen” requirement, the populist, conservative leader is also eligible to run for President of the United States.

Donald Trump’s recent comments that Sen. Ted Cruz may not be constitutionally eligible to be President of the United States has sparked discussion on the Constitution’s Natural Born Clause.

Conservative analyst and author of “Adios America” Ann Coulter weighed in on the recent news about GOP frontrunner Donald Trump calling into question Sen. Ted Cruz’s birthright status, since Cruz was born in Canada.

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump attacked his main internal rival, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), on Tuesday, noting that Cruz’s Canadian birth could be “very precarious” for Republicans: “Republicans are going to have to ask themselves the question: ‘Do we want a candidate who could be tied up in court for two years?’”

From FactCheck.org: Q: Is Sen. Ted Cruz, who was born in Canada, eligible to be the U.S. president? A: Most likely. The legal consensus is that Cruz qualifies because he was born to a U.S. citizen living abroad, making him