[skeeter]

The Court made it crystal clear that American citizenship is defined only two ways - by the 14th Amendment and congressional statutes. Put simply, a citizen is either natural born or naturalized. Sen. Cruz was not naturalized, so he is natural born. Period.

If there has to be one-final-article on this subject posted, I'm glad this was the one. Thanks

[Dagnabitt]

But wait, I’ve got a Venn Diagram! And a two-page cut and paste!!

/NBC Fever-Swamp

[Don Corleone]

http://www.anncoulter.com/

[dforest]

Does he have an American birth certificate?

[chicken head]

If Rafael Eduardo Cruz is eligible for the presidency then so is the King of Jordan. Outside of 14 years of U.S. residency, their situations are identical: (1) American mother, (2) foreign-national father, (3) born on foreign soil.

[sourcery]

Senator Cruz was naturalized by Congressional statute. Without that statute, he would not be citizen. A Congressional statute which grants citizenship can only be naturalization, because Article I, section 8 only grants Congress the power to “make rules regarding naturalization.” Congress is granted no power to define who is a citizen other than by an exercise of its power to define the rules of naturalization.

[amihow]

What do you call the process by which Cruz applied for citizenship?

What is a natural born citizen? Are you one? How does the circumstance of your birth differ from Cruz? Or obama had he been born in Kenya?