minus-squarefirebyte@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Trump says he's thinking of putting Ted Cruz on Supreme Courtlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-29 days agoTurns out, it’s a bit more complicated than I first understood… Ted Cruz’s mother, Elanor Elisabeth, was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Ted’s father, Rafael Cruz, was born in Cuba. So technically Ted Cruz could be considered a ‘natural-born’ U.S. citizen, unless the law is changed by Congress to define what ‘natural-born’ means. Trump’s Birther movement should have more to say about Ted Cruz, than it did over Barrack Obama… But we all know how that will play out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_eligibility_legislation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause_(United_States) linkfedilink
minus-squarefirebyte@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Trump says he's thinking of putting Ted Cruz on Supreme Courtlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 days agoHe can’t. Cruz was born in Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz linkfedilink
Turns out, it’s a bit more complicated than I first understood…
Ted Cruz’s mother, Elanor Elisabeth, was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Ted’s father, Rafael Cruz, was born in Cuba.
So technically Ted Cruz could be considered a ‘natural-born’ U.S. citizen, unless the law is changed by Congress to define what ‘natural-born’ means.
Trump’s Birther movement should have more to say about Ted Cruz, than it did over Barrack Obama… But we all know how that will play out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_eligibility_legislation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause_(United_States)