Tag: Paul Clement
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Common Sense and Mr. Katyal
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2025 (Nov. 7, 2025) — Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case challenging President Trump’s use of Tariffs. In that case – Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump, the now-private attorney representing the challengers was one Neal Katyal, a former Acting Solicitor General of the United States under Barack…
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The Decisions in Elliott v. Cruz and Williams v. Cruz, Conclusion
“FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED REASONING” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2016 (Apr. 26, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following is a continuation of Joseph DeMaio’s detailed analysis of the outcome of two challenges to the constitutional eligibility of Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican presidential candidate born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to a non-U.S.-citizen father and a presumed U.S.-citizen mother on…
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The Post & Email Issues Correction to Citizenship Article
SOLICITOR GENERAL ARGUMENT NOT A SUPREME COURT OPINION by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 20, 2016) — On Sunday, The Post & Email published an article under this writer’s byline titled, “Breaking: Exclusive: Co-Author of Harvard Law Review Forum Article on Cruz Eligibility Argued in Favor of Contradictory Citizenship Law in 2010.” While the title correctly reflects…
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Breaking: Exclusive: Co-Author of Harvard Law Review Forum Article on Cruz Eligibility Argued in Favor of Contradictory Citizenship Law in 2010
AS DECIDED BY U.S. SUPREME COURT by Sharon Rondeau, h/t CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret) (Apr. 17, 2016) — Early in the Obama regime, Neal Kumar Katyal served as Deputy Solicitor General followed by Acting Solicitor General within the U.S. Department of Justice. He is considered to possess a brilliant legal mind and was…
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The Post & Email Queries NBC News on its Claim That Ted Cruz is a “Naturalized Citizen”
“NATURALIZED” IS NOT “NATURAL BORN” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 14, 2016) — On Monday, April 11, 2016, NBC News’s Pete Williams published an article reporting that US Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz “became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2014.” Thus far, since Cruz’s constitutional eligibility to serve as president has been questioned and…
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The Post & Email Obtains Statement from Harvard Law Review on Ted Cruz’s Reference to Its Name
ON THE SUBJECT OF “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 11, 2016) — On Thursday, The Post & Email discovered that presidential candidate Ted Cruz launched a page on his campaign website devoted to providing what he called “the facts” on what he claims is his “natural born citizenship.” Article II, Section 1, clause…
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Trump, Cruz, Rubio & Me
RESPONSE TO HARVARD LAW REVIEW ARTICLE ON PRESIDENTIAL ELIGIBILITY IN “TOP TEN DOWNLOAD LIST” AT SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK by Montgomery Blair Sibley, ©2016, blogging at Amo Probos (Jan. 8, 2016) — Last May I wrote a short response to a Note in the Harvard Law Review which Note sought to legitimatize Messrs. Rubio/Cruz/Jindal as…
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Cruz Replies to Eligibility Question with “Immigration” Answer
“THE SON OF A CUBAN IMMIGRANT” by Sharon Rondeau, h/t Reader (May 27, 2015) — Because of his physical birth in Canada, presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz was born a citizen of that country. Cruz claims to have also been born a U.S. citizen and thereby maintains that he is a “natural born Citizen” eligible…
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Cruz Campaign Office Acknowledges Eligibility Letter
“A DOUBLE ALLEGIANCE” by Sharon Rondeau (May 20, 2015) — On Monday, April 13, 2015, The Post & Email sent a letter by certified mail to the campaign headquarters of Sen. Ted Cruz in Houston, TX. On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, The Post & Email received confirmation that our letter was, in fact, accepted and…
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Harvard Law, Ted Cruz, and “natural born Citizen”
HALLOWED INSTITUTION REFUSES TO PUBLISH REBUTTAL by Montgomery Blair Sibley, ©2015, blogging at Amo Probos (May 4, 2015) — In March, the Harvard Law Review stepped into the political arena with an article by two former Solicitor Generals, Paul Clement and Neal Katyal. They wrote a Note seeking to establish that the Republican Presidential Candidate…
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Pebbles and Pearls
HARVARD-TRAINED ATTORNEYS APPEAR TO HAVE BLIND SPOT FOR “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN” DEFINITION by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2015 (Apr. 2, 2015) — The amount of information circulating on the Internet and in legal circles regarding presidential eligibility is enough to make one’s head spin. However, as in everything else, there are pearls of wisdom and there are…
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Party to Principle, Part II – Restoration is Necessary
“WE ARE FORCED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES” by Cody Robert Judy, ©2015, blogging at CodyJudy (Apr. 1, 2015) — Yesterday this blog featured “PARTY TO PRINCIPLE- Birth of the Nation – Announcing U.S. Supreme Court Appeal on Cruz’N Obama Ineligibility” and today we wanted to focus just a little bit more on the key elements…
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Ted Cruz Raises Millions in First 72 Hours
“TODAY, PEOPLE TAKE THE EASY ROAD” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 31, 2015) — In an interview with Dana Loesch on Tuesday afternoon, Texas Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Ted Cruz said that his newly-launched campaign raised “$2 million within 72 hours,” surpassing his goal and expectations. Cruz said that “courageous conservatives” should band together to…
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Of Eligibility, Expediency and Humpback Whales
INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY by Joseph DeMaio, ©2015 (Mar. 23, 2015) — “The only principle to which most politicians will unfailingly adhere is expediency.” — Anonymous Two recent events prompt this post. First, today, Senator Ted Cruz formally announced that he will be a candidate for the GOP nomination for president in 2016. The announcement was…