Constitutional law professor comments on the Canadian

Post #407,513 by malraux 1/12/16 3:49:25 PM 1/12/16 3:49:25 PM Reply	Constitutional law professor comments on the Canadian https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ted-cruz-is-not-eligible-to-be-president/2016/01/12/1484a7d0-b7af-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #407,515 by Ashton 1/12/16 4:22:11 PM 1/12/16 4:22:11 PM Reply	Yup.. [unless QED too..? has been abolished in Newspeak.]
Post #407,516 by Another Scott 1/12/16 4:50:55 PM 1/12/16 4:50:55 PM Reply	Interesting. I'm sure there are good arguments on the other side though. Based on her argument (at least as I understand it) St. John McCain would not have been eligible either (he was born in the Canal Zone). There were rumblings about it, but nobody took the criticisms very seriously. There was a Resolution about it for McCain, but presumably that would have little weight if the SCOTUS decided to address the issue. FWIW. Cheers, Scott.
Post #407,518 by a6l6e6x 1/12/16 6:00:16 PM 1/12/16 6:00:16 PM Reply	But, the Canal Zone was under US jurisdiction at the time.. Jimmy Carter agreed to transfer the Canal Zone to Panama in 1977. Actual transfer was on December 31, 1999. Still, US jurisdiction (and even US military base) and US proper could be argued to be different. Barry Goldwater was born in Arizona before it was state and just a territory. It was mentioned as an issue at the time. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #407,519 by Another Scott 1/12/16 6:19:39 PM 1/12/16 6:19:39 PM Reply	Yup. George Washington wasn't born in the United States, either!!11 All presidents born after 1787, except for Chester Arthur and Barack Obama, met the “natural born Citizen” criteria, i.e., born on U.S. soil to a mother and father who were themselves U.S. citizens at the time of the President’s birth. :-/ Seriously, it's entertaining for Cruz to have to be subject of this rigmarole, given his policy statements and actions in the Senate, but if he wins the nomination I don't think he will have difficulty claiming to be a "natural born" American. FWIW. Cheers, Scott. (It looks like the Teabagger circular firing squad is continuing.)
Post #407,646 by scoenye 1/20/16 6:06:13 PM 1/20/16 6:06:13 PM Reply	About that military base thingy Didn't SCOTUS decide those are foreign soil outright? Something about being able to keep detainees indefinitely without trial and not run afoul of the USC?
Post #407,648 by boxley 1/20/16 7:44:09 PM 1/20/16 7:44:09 PM Reply	yes and no, Indian Reservations are sovreign, but since 1920 poeple born in them are citizens, sorta always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Post #407,650 by scoenye 1/20/16 8:31:21 PM 1/20/16 8:31:21 PM Reply	That's yet another a whole can of worms... Now you start getting into explicit distinctions and exclusion written into the Constitution and how those interact with developments which came much later. Even with that, I don't think there is any doubt the reservations are US dominions.
Post #407,660 by boxley 1/20/16 11:22:31 PM 1/20/16 11:22:31 PM Reply	the equivelent of states sorta leaves a gaping hole for law enforcement. State cops cant go there. Tribal cops have to hand felonies over to feds who mostly don't give a shit. Ugly nightmare always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Post #407,656 by a6l6e6x 1/20/16 10:29:09 PM 1/20/16 10:29:09 PM Reply	Panama Canal Zone was more than a military base. From Wikipedia: The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá) was an unorganized territory of the United States from 1903 to 1979, centered on the Panama Canal in the Republic of Panama. I don't know what SCOTUS ruled. but administrations and the military acted as if they were not on US territory. During WW-II all mail between US and Europe went through Bermuda where "censors" read it in violation of the 4th Amendment of the Constitution. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #407,520 by mmoffitt 1/13/16 8:11:16 AM 1/13/16 8:11:16 AM Reply	Well, we ignored the 12th amendment in 2000, so why does the Constitution matter now?
Post #407,523 by boxley 1/13/16 11:08:46 AM 1/13/16 11:09:09 AM Reply	well if you are quoting blackstone, he does meet the criteria of being born on english soil :-) but no, the canadian should not be president if he was born in austin texas of davy crockett and james bowie taking turns on qanah parker's youngest wife. always look out for number one and don't step in number two Edited by boxley Jan. 13, 2016, 11:09:09 AM EST Expand All History

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