Glenn Beck and lackeys moronic comments on Ted Cruz eligibility, Dumbed down Beck crew equates citizen with natural born citizen, Quotes flawed Harvard Law Review article, Ignores US Constitution, Beck call me

Once again this morning I heard Glenn Beck and his lackeys disregard the US Constitution and insult constitutional scholars and concerned Americans who are questioning Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be president, i.e., is Cruz a natural born citizen.

I finally found the video and partial transcript.

From The Blaze March 23, 2015.

“Why are some people claiming Ted Cruz isn’t a citizen?”

“Well, that certainly didn’t take long. Before Ted Cruz even announced his candidacy for President, people were already planning to derail his campaign with baseless distractions. Cruz critics are claiming that he’s ineligible to run because he’s not a natural born citizen. Yes, the birthers are back. Well, it didn’t work for Barack Obama and it certainly won’t work for Ted Cruz. Glenn laid out why the new birthers are wrong on radio Monday morning. Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canda. His father, a popular figure in conservative circles, is a Cuban-born immigrant to the United States and his mother is a U.S. citizen. “One of his parents is American. That’s all it takes. For the love of heaven, if illegal aliens can come to the America and give birth, and that birth child is a citizen, then so is Ted Cruz, for the love of heaven. Stop it!” Pat said. The Immigration and Nationality Act states that a person is a citizen by birth if they are born to a parent with U.S. citizenship, ”

http://www.glennbeck.com/2015/03/23/why-are-some-people-claiming-ted-cruz-isnt-a-citizen/?utm_source=glennbeck&utm_medium=contentcopy_link

The requirement is Natural Born Citizen, not citizen you morons!

From Citizen Wells March 23, 2015.

I like Ted Cruz.

I believe that he has the human traits to be a good president.

However, he may not be eligible as a natural born citizen.

My feelings and opinions about him have nothing to do with that.

Too bad Glenn Beck is not guided by reason and adherance to the US Constitution.

I just heard uninformed Glenn Beck insult millions of Americans again for questioning Cruz’s eligibility.

The preponderance of evidence indicates that to be a natural born citizen one must be born in the US to 2 US citizen parents.

This has been debated by constitutional scholars but not settled definitively by the US Supreme Court.

The US Constitution states:

“no Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President . . . .”

Ted Cruz is a citizen, but since he was not alive at the adoption of the Constitution, he is not by default a natural born citizen.

The Constitution was crafted by individuals with an excellent understanding of the law and a concern for foreign influences.

They made a clear distinction between citizen and natural born citizen.

Senate Resolution 511

April 30, 2008

“Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen’ under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.”

McCain had 2 US Citizen parents and was born on an American military base.

That language was included by attorneys on purpose.

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Beck et al ignore the constitution and quote the Flawed Harvard Law review article.

From Citizen Wells March 16, 2015.

“Truths, half truths and lies.

I will make this simple because it is.

Although our laws were derived from British laws and in fact some common laws are in force today, we have heavily modified them beginning with pre revolution colonial laws and the US Constitution.

The article above conveniently, selectively quotes the US Constitution which states:

“no Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President . . . .”

Ted Cruz is a citizen, but since he was not alive at the adoption of the Constitution, he is not by default a natural born citizen.

The Constitution was crafted by individuals with an excellent understanding of the law and a concern for foreign influences.

They made a clear distinction between citizen and natural born citizen.”

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A critique of the article by expert Mario Apuzzo.

“The article repeats the existing talking points offered in support of the constitutional eligibility of Senator Ted Cruz (all born citizens are natural born citizens) and offers nothing new.  Mr. Cruz was born in Canada to a U.S. citizen mother and a non-U.S. citizen (Cuban) father.  I have written a recent article in which I conclude that Mr. Cruz is not a natural born citizen and therefore not eligible to be President because he does not satisfy the one and only common law definition of a natural born citizen confirmed by the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875), which is a child born in a country to parents who were its citizens at the time of the child’s birth.  The article is entitled, “What Do President Obama and Senator Cruz Have In Common? They Are Both Not Natural Born Citizens,”

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