Via Daily Caller:
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is a “natural born citizen,” according to the Illinois Board of Elections.
The state’s BOE ruled that Cruz met the citizenship criteria to appear on the state’s primary ballot.
Two state residents, William Graham and Lawrence Joyce, challenged Cruz’s eligibility with the board, claiming his name should not appear on the March 15 primary ballot because his candidacy did not comply with Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
“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,” the Constitution reads. “Either 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.”
The reason Cruz cannot bring it to the courts as Trump keeps stating, is because the courts will not just give an advisory opinion. Someone has to sue to get the case into a court and that person must have standing or it will be thrown out. Cruz can’t do that. A opposition candidate probably stands the best chance, although they have not always been found to have standing. Trump actually is the one who could bring it, so if he actually thinks that is true, he should bring it.