<p>Since it came up in the debate raised by competitor Donald Trump, the eligibility of Presidential hopeful Senator Ted Cruz has been on a low buzz.</p>
<p>Cruz was born in Canada, his mother an American Citizen, his father Cuban.  ;While this qualifies him as an American Citizen, it is questioned as to whether he meets the &#8220;natural born Citizen&#8221; clause of the Constitution.</p>
<p>We call this a sideshow, because it is largely irrelevant.  ;The odds of a non-partisan court throwing Cruz off of a ballot are almost nil. <a href="https://punchingbagpost.com/trump-vs-cruz-eligibility-fight/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>As we mentioned prevously, ;this is actually good for Cruz,</strong></a> since it has little impact at this stage, and it will be a tired issue by the time the general election comes around.</p>
<p>There is a danger one of the suits will hit home and knock Cruz off of a ballot, after which Cruz would need to scramble through an appeals court. This woud elevate the issue and perhaps cost him support from currently undecided voters</p>
<p>In Chicago, an Illinois voter named ;Lawrence Joyce, who has objected to Cruz&#8217;s placement on the Illinois primary ballot next month, will have his case heard in the Circuit Court of Cook County in Chicago.</p>
<p>In another case in New York, ;Barry Korman and William Gallo ;filed to remove Cruz from the New York primary ballot in state court in Manhattan. Another case was already filed in Federal Court in Houston Texas.</p>
<p>The Constitution States:  ;&#8220;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; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to sources, no current legal definition exists to define the term &#8220;natural born.&#8221; The only past definition, which would favor Cruz, was The Naturalization Act of 1790, which stated &#8220;the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural-born citizens.&#8221;  ;But this was dropped from immigration law after 1795.</p>
<p>A chief antagonist to Cruz is his old law professor from Harvard, Lawrence Tribe, described by sources as very liberal.</p>
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