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Opening Quote: "We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."-Abraham Lincoln
Strict constitutional conservatives have finally decided to join the establishment in opposing Donald Trump. Conservatives are pouring millions in ad campaigns to defeat the billionaire's march towards the GOP Presidential Nomination.
I would hope any true conservative would not even consider letting Romney swoop in at a brokered convention. Going on that premise, before true constitutional conservatives try and destroy Trump for Cruz please consider this...
Where the rubber meets the road...
Under the Founders' framework of the Constitution, Cruz is not eligible to be President. (for that matter neither is Rubio). Conservatives who take pride in following the Constitution and intent of the Founders cannot join the conservative-minded Cruz. Having a father born in Cuba and being himself born in Canada disqualifies him for the nations top spot.
The truth about eligibility...
Many point to Blackstone and "common law" to determine the meaning of natural born citizen but the Founders were not big on "British" anything around that time-remember the revolution! Persuasive evidence points to the Founders using Vattel's Law of Nations when inserting "natural born citizen" into the Constitution. That being said you are to be born in the country and have parents who are citizens. The Founders allowed Congress to be filled with U.S. citizens but the President must have an undivided loyalty-they must be natural born. The Founders were sensitive to the fact that birth is derived from place and parentage. The President needs blood and soil to ensure allegiance. John Jay wrote a letter to George Washington in 1787 explaining why the President needed to be born in the U.S. and have both parents being citizens-check it out!
I know there will be those who will use things like the 1790 Naturalization Act, the 1898 Wong Kim Ark case, and the often litigated 14th Amendment to make fallible arguments, but not for strict constitutionalists.
Last Word...
So if you truly believe the Constitution should be followed as the Founders intended then you cannot in good conscious dump Trump for Cruz-no matter how much we might want to! I believe anyone who has researched the issue knows the truth about his eligibility-even Cruz! Nobody wants to talk about it even democrats because that means even if he was born in Hawaii Obama still would be sitting in the White House ineligible!
Closing Quote: "Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties."-Abraham Lincoln
