[petercooper]

Cruz, March 23: The facts are clear. I was born in Calgary. My parents — as a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth. And it’s been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American citizen born abroad is a citizen by birth, a natural born citizen.

[OneWingedShark]

Cruz, March 23: The facts are clear. I was born in Calgary. My parents — as a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth. And it’s been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American citizen born abroad is a citizen by birth, a natural born citizen.

Federal law, as in passed by congress? And for two centuries? — then that means that the power must be the Art 1 Sec 8, and that means that the power is over naturalization. (14th Amd wasn't until after 1850; two hundred years after that is 2050.)

So then he is claiming to be a natural born citizen under naturalization laws; that's ridiculous.