It is easy for liberals to latch onto the Donald Trump-fueled theory that Sen. Ted Cruz is ineligible to be president because he is not a “natural born” citizen. The argument allows progressives to call Cruz a hypocrite given his preferred originalist method of constitutional interpretation. And it gives conservative Republicans a taste of the noxious birther medicine that’s been used against President Barack Obama.
But liberals should embrace an interpretation of the Constitution that maximizes the voter choice and enfranchisement of voters, one that would minimize the reach of an archaic constitutional provision suggesting that only those born on U.S. soil are qualified to be president. Fight Cruz on his ideas, not his eligibility for office.
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