“Of nature, not of man...”
Seems pretty clear. If you have to go through legalistic somersaults, you’ve lost the argument.
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What on earth does that mean? The Constitution is a 100% legal document.
So far in human history, every human ever born is naturally born. Does that make every human an American citizen?
“Natural born” is a qualification requirement, just as age and residence is.
“Natural born” was defined precisely by the Naturalization Act of 1790. That definition precludes Cruz completely.
That is not correct! The Naturalization Act of 1795 superseded the Naturalization Act of 1790 and eliminated the erroneous phrase "shall be considered as natural born citizens" that had been mistakenly included by the clerk who transcribed it for the First US Congress according to James Madison's own words.