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so the Ted Cruz eligibility thing goes to court.

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:13 pm
by callmeslick
Delicious irony would be a ruling from the lower courts that he was ineligible and a 4-4 split at the Supreme Court which would uphold that ruling.

Re: so the Ted Cruz eligibility thing goes to court.

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:56 pm
by Spidey
I seriously doubt the court would waste their time, on a case that only affects a microscopically small minority of people.

Re: so the Ted Cruz eligibility thing goes to court.

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 4:02 pm
by Nightshade
callmeslick wrote:Delicious irony would be a ruling from the lower courts that he was ineligible and a 4-4 split at the Supreme Court which would uphold that ruling.
So you're saying that he should have gotten himself a Hawaiian birth certificate...

Re: so the Ted Cruz eligibility thing goes to court.

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:57 am
by woodchip
Correct me if I'm wrong but if you become a Canadian citizen, you have to renounce your prior citizenship...which is what Cruz's mother did. Not sure if she did this before of after Ted was born. If she did before, would Ted still be a citizen of the US?

Re: so the Ted Cruz eligibility thing goes to court.

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:40 am
by callmeslick
woody, not sure you are correct, but if citizenship were renounced prior to birth, the answer is No.

Re: so the Ted Cruz eligibility thing goes to court.

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 6:33 pm
by Jeff250
woodchip wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but if you become a Canadian citizen, you have to renounce your prior citizenship
No, both Canada and the U.S. allow dual citizenship. In fact, it's extremely expensive and difficult to give up your U.S. citizenship.

Re: so the Ted Cruz eligibility thing goes to court.

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 6:40 pm
by woodchip
Thanks Jeff, I must of been misinformed.

Re: so the Ted Cruz eligibility thing goes to court.

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:06 pm
by Sergeant Thorne
must HAVE must HAVE!!! :P

Re: so the Ted Cruz eligibility thing goes to court.

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 2:45 pm
by Z..
Nightshade wrote:So you're saying that he should have gotten himself a Hawaiian birth certificate...
Why would he do that? He already has a certificate, a Canadian one. Where's Orly Taitz or Sheriff Joe's Posse?

Re: so the Ted Cruz eligibility thing goes to court.

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:11 pm
by callmeslick