Natural Born Citizenship: It’s Not Where You Are Born, but How

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American Thinker:

July 4, 2016

Natural Born Citizenship: It’s Not Where You Are Born, but How

By Mark A. Hewitt

In January 2016, Congressman Alan Grayson said he would sue Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex) over his eligibility to be President. Grayson told MSNBC that he would sue over Canadian-born Cruz's natural-born citizen status if the senator ever became the GOP nominee. Why? “Because the Constitution means what it says and says what it means.” In February 2016, Presidential Candidate Donald Trump jumped into the fray and said he was “very seriously” thinking about filing a suit to challenge Ted Cruz's eligibility to be President. Senator Cruz’ father was Cuban-born; his mother was American. “He was born in Canada, lived there for years.”

 

Presumably, Mr. Trump’s suit would have sought to determine if his competitor was a “natural born citizen” as stipulated by the U.S. Constitution.

 

Article II of the U.S. Constitution states: “No person except a natural born citizen ... shall be eligible to the Office of President.”