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[–] manapot 2 points 13 points (+15|-2) ago 

Cruz is ineligible to hold office as he is not a natural born citizen. How is he still in the running?

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[–] UnknownCitizen 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Because the definition of "Natural Born Citizen" is not as concrete as you might think legally. Additionally, it's not the courts who dictates who can run, it's the FEC, which is essentially beholdened to regulatory capture.

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[–] ShinyVoater 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

And you can get a birth certificate if one of your parents is a citizen, regardless of where you are born.

With the minor proviso that your citizen parent has spent enough time in the US(with some of the time required to be after 14), in the case that a citizen is married to an alien. It's slightly different if both parents are citizens(perfunctory residency requirement for one parent); if the child's born out of wedlock, it varies drastically depending whether the citizen is the mother or father(simple residency requirement versus having to establish legitimacy, etc and a time limit).

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[–] NedTaggart 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Probably for the same reason Hillary is still running.

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[–] lord_nougat ago 

He's an evil egotistical cunt bitch too? I thought he looked like a bitch.

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[–] chodie 2 points 0 points (+2|-2) ago 

He probably figures since Obama got away with it he can too.