Newton Boris Schwartz? That is literally every left wing stereotype.... Huey Newton.... Boris the Communist.... Schwartz the liberal Jew...
The plaintiff is 85 years old - It's good to stay active at that age, even if it is just trolling Ted Cruz.
This article says 81, but I suppose it doesn't matter which: http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/01/15/ted-cruzs-eligibility-for-president-questioned.htm The article has some detail on Schwartz: [rquoter] Houston attorney Newton Boris Schwartz Sr., 81, isn't so sure about Cruz's candidacy. Schwartz says the U.S. Constitution is unclear on the question of Cruz's eligibility in a lawsuit he filed against Cruz on Thursday in Federal Court in Cruz's hometown of Houston. Schwartz claims in the lawsuit there is no U.S. Supreme Court precedent to determine if Cruz qualifies. "'Natural born citizen' has never been defined," the complaint states. Schwartz says his status as an eligible voter for the Nov. 1 presidential election gives him standing to bring the lawsuit. He seeks a declaration that Cruz is not "a 'natural born' citizen" and is "therefore ineligible to be elected, or serve as president or vice president of the U. S." Schwartz said he's voted for a Democrat in every presidential election since 1968 when he voted for Richard Nixon, a Republican, except in 1992 when he voted for Texas billionaire Ross Perot, who ran as an independent. "If I had to vote on who the candidates are now I would probably vote for Bernie Sanders. My wife is leaning toward Hillary Clinton," he said in a phone interview. Schwartz has practiced law for 61 years, including three years as a federal prosecutor in Houston and two years as a U.S. Air Force JAG officer, he said. He said he expects his case will lose before a trial court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, then move on to the Supreme Court where he expects it to "go 5-to-4 or 6-to-3 either way, so it's going to be an uphill fight." "This is a serious and substantial question. I'm trying to get it heard as quickly as we can to avoid a futile election. If Trump puts Cruz as his vice president even and he's later found disqualified, what do you do? You have to go back and have a new election for president or vice president," Schwartz said.[/rquoter]
He is a US citizen by federal law but not a "natural born" US citizen. He is a "natural born Canadian" because he was, you know, born in Canada. The term "natural born citizen" has never been challenged...before. This is so much fun, eh?
Citizenship is a legal standard and not really a natural standard. In this case I feel pretty confident that natural born applies to having a citizenship at birth. Being born outside of the US shouldn't disqualify as McCain was born outside the US and George Romney (Mitt's father who also had run for President) was born in Mexico.
I am sure he is eligible, but I love the fact that a huge chunk of Cruz supporters were also birthers and that now the stupid argument they tried to use based on false information against Obama is now being used against their man Ted. It's the height of hypocrisy that someone would support Ted Cruz's eligibility if they argued that Obama wasn't eligible. Even if Obama had been born in Kenya, he would be subject to the same eligibility rules as Ted Cruz.
he was naturalized by birth, which explains why he never had to go through any naturalization process
It's simply not clear what "natural born citizen" means. I don't really have a dog in the fight, but it does need to be clarified.
