A New Jersey judge has ruled that Sen. Ted Cruz meets the constitutional requirements to be president and may appear on the state’s presidential primary ballot. Associated Press, Read more
NJ judge: Cruz can be on POTUS ballot
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Can no judge, administrative or otherwise, support or defend our Constitution against aggressive usurpers to the office of President of the United States? If Ted Cruz is a natural born citizen of any country he is a natural born citizen of Canada. It stands to reason–does it not?–that one can’t be a natural born citizen of two different sovereign countries at the same time. The term natural-born citizen, though it appears in our Constitution, was in use by multiple founding fathers in the years leading up to the framing and ratification of the Constitution (John Adams in 1783, John Jay in 1787). The term sounds primarily if not exclusively in Natural Law and the Law of Nations (the latter being the body of law that applies primarily to disputes arising between and among sovereign nations). As such “natural-born Citizen” is not an ordinary constitutional term, open to interpretation solely with reference to domestic sources of authority. Neither is the question satisfactorily answered with reference solely to British common law or acts of Parliament as some may wish to assert, because none of the same was incorporated directly into our domestic federal law, either upon our initial act in declaring our independence in 1776, ir in our subsequent act in attempting to form a more perfect union by adopting our current federal constitution in 1788. By the way, when it came to “subjectship” in Great Britain, Acts of Parliament expanding the scope of “natural born subject” have their most appropriate domestic analogy in our Acts of Congress denominated “Naturalization Acts”, by which the U.S. Congress has historically exercised it’s undisputedly textually-valid Constitutional power to “Establish an Uniform Rule of Naturalization.” In other words, when Congress adopts a naturalization act, it does just that–it “naturalizes”. A natural born citizen of the United States, by definition, needs no “naturalization”, but comes about his U.S. citizenship naturally, without reference either to any ordinary U.S. statutory law or provision, or to the 14th Amendment of the Constitution (which Amendment was itself a glorified naturalization act and very arguably should be rescinded to the extent it makes a citizen of any individual to whom no ordinary U.S. naturalization laws apply). Ted Cruz, relying solely on the strength of a U.S. naturalization act for his claimed U.S. citizenship, is nothing more nor less than a naturalized U.S. citizen according to U.S. statutory law as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Rogers v. Bellei that came down in the 1970’s. This despite the fact that the circumstances of his birth ostensibly qualified him for the status of “citizen” of the United States (provided his U.S. citizen mother made the proper application and certifications as required by that law). So, Administrative Law Judge Masin erred as a matter of law. The article doesn’t mention this, but Secretary of State Kim Guadagno certified ALJ Masin’s decision the very next day, which is mildly surprising since her boss Chris Christie so lustily endorsed Cruz’s biggest Republican primary opponent, Donald J. Trump. Also of interest is the fact that, unlike almost every other jurisdiction in the U.S., the plaintiffs in these two cases have no “standing” problems under New Jersey law and are free to appeal the negative decision to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey and demand an “on the merits” (i.e., substantive) decision from a three-judge panel of actual, duly-appointed judges (i.e., not mere ALJs) at the appellate level.
Will Chris Christie Body-Block Ted Cruz From New Jersey Ballot
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BETHESDA, Md., April 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Washington D.C.
Law Professor Victor Williams has filed an Emergency Petition with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie demanding that the Canadian-born Ted Cruz be disqualified from the ballot. (Full details at his website – http://www.VictorWilliamsforPresident.com)
Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada and held his resulting Canadian citizenship until May 2014. Scholars across the nation agree that Edward Rafael Cruz is not a “natural born [American] Citizen” as required by Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
Victor Williams charges that Ted Cruz falsely certified his constitutional eligibility for office to gain ballot access in states across the nation. Williams demands that Cruz be disqualified from New Jersey’s June 7 ballot and from several other late-primary ballots. (California, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington).
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno Rubber-Stamps a Specially Selected Hearing Judge’s Pro-Cruz Decision
On April 11, at an Administrative Law Office hearing just outside Trenton, Williams personally argued that the Canadian-born Cruz was not a “natural born Citizen” and thus not eligible for the presidency.
It was no surprise to Williams when hearing judge Jeff Masin ruled in Cruz’s favor finding that it was sufficient that Cruz’s mother was an American citizen.
The retired Jeff Masin had been specially chosen (“recalled”) by Chris Christie’s Office of Administrative Law to preside over the hearing. Masin’s long-held views on the issue were well known to all.
It was thus predictable that the specially chosen hearing judge would rule in Ted Cruz’s favor.
It was also not surprising that the hearing judge was able to produce a detailed, 27-page ruling in a one-day period. Clearly, Mr. Masin had come prepared.
While Mr. Masin’s decision was no surprise, it was shocking that Chris Christie’s Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno rubber-stamped the pro-Cruz decision without genuine independent review of the decision and a fulsome investigation of the “special” appointment of Mr. Mason.
Williams demands that Christie and the New Jersey Attorney General conduct a review of the decision and launch an investigation of the appointment shenanigans.
Williams as Late-Entrant GOP Candidate Asserts “Competitor Candidate Standing” to Disqualify Cruz; The “Republican Lawrence Lessig” Puts His Law School Theory to Practice
Williams states that he is “giving Governor Chris Christie an opportunity to clean up the mess that his Lt. Governor and Office of Administrative Law have made.”
If Chris Christie fails to take immediate action to reverse the erroneous decision, Williams’s Emergency Petition notes that the next step in the election law is the Election Law’s statutory route to the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court.
Williams is registered/declared as a “write-in” candidate for the GOP presidential nomination in multiple states, and thus he has unique “competitor candidate” legal standing to take action. His litigation strategy is as disruptive as election year 2016.
Williams’ website — VictorWilliamsforPresident.com — details the law professor and presidential candidate’s litigation strategy and unique policy positions.
He is unelectable….and I’m a Republican….
11:15, Cruz or Williams?
Barry was born in Kenya and he got on the ballot
he is a democrat its OK lol
LOSE WITH CRUZ!!!!