9th Circuit Court Would Likely Keep Cruz Off Ballot

Those who think Sen. Ted Cruz can be elected to a job he isn’t eligible for are ignoring the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. If Republicans make the mistake of nominating Cruz for President of the United States, Democrats in California and other states will challenge his eligibility. There’s at least a 90% probability the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco would rule him ineligible because he is a naturalized citizen rather than a “natural born citizen” as required by the Constitution.

Then Republicans would have to choose whether to take a chance on the Supreme Court overturning the ruling or replace Cruz with someone else. Either way the Republican campaign would be delayed and the Democrat would be able to run unopposed for some time. Republicans would have trouble getting a campaign started.

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BAD SIGN: Virtually all physicians walked out of Obamacare session at national conference

Ophthalmologists from across the country walked out of a session on Obamacare Sunday during a national conference being held in San Francisco.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown denied the San Francisco sheriff's petition to opt out of a new federal program under which the fingerprints of all those arrested for any crime would be shared with federal immigration authorities

It's amazing what happens to a person when they are running for office!

The San Francisco Bay Guardian explains:

The Board of Supervisors is urging San Francisco officials not to participate in Secure Communities, a controversial federal-local fingerprinting collaboration set to be activated June 1. But opting out of a program that threatens to make debates over "sanctuary city" protections of immigrants irrelevant may not be easy.

Insecure Sanctuary

According to a Heritage Foundation Memo on Homeland Security on 1/6/10:

Prior to the Secure Communities program, criminal aliens were all too often returned to the streets in a practice of “catch and release” because local law enforcement did not have the resources to detain or investigate them. Now, ICE is able to commit to a response time of less than four hours to retrieve criminal aliens from state and local jails.

While the Secure Communities program is a great example of how immigration enforcement can be used effectively to help state and local law enforcement decrease illegal immigration and maintain public safety, the Obama Administration has rolled back or attempted to roll back several key immigration enforcement efforts, including the following...287(g)...Social Security No-Match...Real ID...

Secure Communities: A Model for Obama’s 2010 Immigration Enforcement Strategy

But, according to the Bay City News on 5/25/10, gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has destroyed San Francisco's chances to opt-out: Jerry Brown Turns Down SF's Attempt To Duck Automatic Sharing Of Arrestee Fingerprints

"Because I think this program serves both public safety and the interest of justice, I am declining your request," Brown wrote in his letter today to Hennessey.

"Using fingerprints is faster, race neutral and results in accurate information and identification," Brown said.

"In these matters, statewide uniformity makes sense," Brown wrote. "This is not simply a local issue. Many of the people booked in local jails end up in state prison or go on to commit crimes in other counties or states."

Oh well.

Gosh, wonder what Obama thinks!

Jerry should watch out or Obama might not invite him to any of his big parties at the White House...

More San Francisco values

How's this for an only-in-San Francisco story:

Members of the Baker's Dozen, the renowned, all-male a cappella singing group from Yale, are pummeled outside a New Year's Eve party after singing "The Star-Spangled Banner."

The attackers allegedly include graduates from Sacred Heart Cathedral, one of the city's oldest and best-known private schools.

The attack happens outside the home of two prominent San Francisco police officers -- former mayoral bodyguard Reno Rapagnani, now retired, and his wife, Leanna Dawydiak -- who were both accused and later cleared of leaking internal SFPD personnel documents during the Fajitagate debacle.