Tag: Originalist

Justice Antonin Scalia Dead at 79

Justice Antonin Scalia Dead at 79

(CNN)U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a leading conservative voice on the high court, has died at the age of 79, a government source and a family friend told CNN on Saturday.  Scalia died in his sleep during a visit to Texas.

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TRIBE VS. BALKIN ON WHETHER TED CRUZ IS A “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN”

TRIBE VS. BALKIN ON WHETHER TED CRUZ IS A “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN”

By Randy Barnett – The Volokh Conspiracy

Yesterday, the Harvard Law School chapter of the Federalist Society held a wonderful debate between Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe and Yale law professor Jack Balkin on whether Ted Cruz is a “natural born citizen” and, therefore, eligible to be president under the Constitution. (Like Balkin and Cruz, Tribe was also my constitutional law professor.)  Tribe says the issue is “not settled” but he also offers an argument against Cruz qualifying. For his part, Balkin makes what I think is the strongest originalist argument for why Cruz does qualify (which Michael Ramsey presents here).
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