Published on:
20 February 2016
ROBERT SOBEL


TED CRUZ CAMPAIGN HIT AGAIN, NEW 'BIRTHER' LAWSUIT FILED IN NEW YORK

Ted Cruz recently criticized Donald Trump's "New York values," but it appears he might have his own problem in the Big Apple.


Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, creative commons via Flickr

The never-ending legal challenges against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz don't appear to be going away anytime soon. No presidential candidate in recent history has had to be hit with reoccurring lawsuits against them, but the senator from Texas can't seem to catch a break. As the New York Daily News reported on Friday, a lawsuit has been filed in New York challenging whether or not Cruz is eligible to run for president.

Non-stop legal problems

Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in Dec. 1970.

Due to his Canadian birth and citizenship, questions have continued to haunt the presidential hopeful, asking if he is legally allowed to run for President of the United States. Over the last two months, multiple lawsuits have been filed in different states around the country, all claiming that the Tea Party favorite is "constitutionally ineligible" to become commander in chief.

The latest lawsuit was filed at the Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City on Thursday, attempting to remove the senator from the state election ballot.

The two plaintiffs, 81-year-old Barry Korman, and 85-year-old William Gallo, state that Cruz "publicly admitted that he was born in Canada" and that according to New York State law, he doesn't "meet the constitutional or statutory qualifications" to make a run for the White House. In an ironic turn of events, it was Cruz's attack on GOP front runner Donald Trump's "New York Values" that only added fuel to the feud between the two.

Snowball effect

The lawsuit comes at the same time attorney Lawrence Joyce of Illinois had his case against Cruz heard in Crook County Circuit Court in Chicago. According to the Associated Press, Cruz's legal team filed a suit to dismiss Joyce's challenge, which Judge Maureen Ward Kirby set a hearing for on March 1.

Earlier this year, Cruz found himself in more legal trouble as other filings against him took place in Texas by 85-year-old Newton B. Schwartz, as well as in Alabama by a group of plaintiffs. The consensus is that Cruz will weather the storm, but his campaign has shown signs of wear and tear. Donald Trump has also made the "birther" issue a central theme in his attacks, going as far threatening to sue over the eligibility.

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