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NY court dismisses suit to block Cruz White House bid
Source: Reuters
Politics | Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:59pm EDT
NY court dismisses suit to block Cruz White House bid
ALBANY, N.Y. | BY JAMES ODATO
A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court's dismissal of a suit seeking to remove Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz from the state's primary ballot because of his Canadian birth.
The New York Appellate Division agreed with the lower court ruling that the suit should be thrown out because it missed the deadline for filing an objection to Cruz's appearance on the April 19 ballot. Lawyers for Cruz successfully argued that the objectors had filed their petition nearly three weeks late.
The appeals judges said they would not address the merits of the case, saying they were "academic."
Roger Bernstein, a lawyer for the petitioners, said his clients intend to appeal the decision.
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NY court dismisses suit to block Cruz White House bid
ALBANY, N.Y. | BY JAMES ODATO
A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court's dismissal of a suit seeking to remove Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz from the state's primary ballot because of his Canadian birth.
The New York Appellate Division agreed with the lower court ruling that the suit should be thrown out because it missed the deadline for filing an objection to Cruz's appearance on the April 19 ballot. Lawyers for Cruz successfully argued that the objectors had filed their petition nearly three weeks late.
The appeals judges said they would not address the merits of the case, saying they were "academic."
Roger Bernstein, a lawyer for the petitioners, said his clients intend to appeal the decision.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cruz-citizenship-idUSKCN0WQ27D
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I'm sure the NY appeals court breathed a sigh of relief when they discovered that they could dismiss the suit on procedural grounds. Now, if only we could hop into a time machine and plant that attitude into the heads of Scalia, et al back in 2000.
p.s. Even imagining I liked Ted Cruz ( 
), I can't think of a good legal argument that I could make that would support his eligibility to be POTUS.
