Online:
Visits:
Stories:
Profile image
By RedState (Reporter)
Contributor profile | More stories
Story Views

Now:
Last Hour:
Last 24 Hours:
Total:

Cruz Birther Lawsuit Reaches SCOTUS; Will Likely Fail The To Dismay Of Trump Supporters

Saturday, April 9, 2016 9:41
% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.

(Before It's News)

TedCruzDC

If there is one (perhaps two) stupid thing that has risen above all else in this crazy primary season, it’s been the birther accusations leveled against both Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Since Cruz is still standing, he’s the one dealing with the nonsense.

It was Donald Trump, despite his lame protestations, who started the birther nonsense about Ted Cruz back in January. Here are several of his tweets about the subject:

and

Sure enough, many of supporters decided to go full idiot and began making the claim Cruz was not eligible to run for President. Lawsuits have been filed and it appears that this craziness will finally be settled by the Supreme Court:

What is apparently the first lawsuit to reach the U.S. Supreme Court challenging Ted Cruz’s eligibility to run for president has now been filed. But it’s not likely to go anywhere.

A retired Utah lawyer, Walter Wagner, claims that Cruz does not meet the Constitution’s requirement that a president must be a “natural born” citizen. Cruz was born in Canada, and Wager contends that fails the natural born test.

Many courts agree that Wagner has to show some kind of “harm” would come from Cruz being elected President and the courts thus far, have sided against Wagner:

In mid-March, Wagner’s case crashed shortly after takeoff for the reason other lawsuits asserting the same claim have failed. He could not meet the test for showing why the candidacy would cause him any particular harm.

Wagner said he had “a vested interest in insuring that all candidates for the position of president are legally qualified.” Somebody has to step forward, he said, so it might as well be him.

But federal courts require that those seeking relief must show that they would suffer an injury that’s concrete and particular to them. Suing simply on the basis of being a citizen and a taxpayer isn’t enough.

“Nowhere does Mr. Wagner allege how he will be injured in a personal and individual way,” said US District Court Judge Jill N. Parrish.

Here’s hoping this will be one less thing for Cruz to worry about and one more thing for Trump to whine about.

The post Cruz Birther Lawsuit Reaches SCOTUS; Will Likely Fail The To Dismay Of Trump Supporters appeared first on RedState.



Source: http://www.redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/04/09/cruz-birther-lawsuit-reaches-scotus-likely-to-fail/

Report abuse

Comments

Your Comments
Question   Razz  Sad   Evil  Exclaim  Smile  Redface  Biggrin  Surprised  Eek   Confused   Cool  LOL   Mad   Twisted  Rolleyes   Wink  Idea  Arrow  Neutral  Cry   Mr. Green

Top Stories
Recent Stories

Register

Newsletter

Email this story
Email this story

If you really want to ban this commenter, please write down the reason:

If you really want to disable all recommended stories, click on OK button. After that, you will be redirect to your options page.