An 85-year-old Houston lawyer filed suit Thursday asking a federal court in Texas to rule on whether Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) is eligible to be President. It appears to be the first lawsuit challenging the Canadian-born Cruz's eligibility on the grounds that he does not meet the Constitution's "natural born citizen" requirement. But if Cruz-opponents were looking for the ideal test case to trip up his candidacy, this may not be it. Newton B. Schwartz, Sr., who is leaning toward supporting Bernie Sanders for president, filed the lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment in the U.S. District Court in Southern District of Texas, as reported by Bloomberg News. The lawsuit cites recent analysis by Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe -- as well as concerns raised by C-SPAN callers and by Donald Trump -- that Cruz is not natural born. The rambling 28-page complaint brings all sorts of seemingly unrelated issues, including the Texas abortion case the Supreme Court will hear in March, the case it recently heard on public unions' fee structures and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's call for a Constitutional Convention. Read more http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cruz-lawsuit-birth-challenge
