I'm pretty certain that Cruz's status is NOT a gray area. He must either be ruled a non "natural born citizen", or the Supreme Court has to overturn Rogers v Bellei, because Bellei and Cruz have exactly the same legal circumstances of birth.
Bellei's citizenship was revoked because he did not adhere the requirements of the Congressional Statute which granted citizenship to those born in a foreign country of at least one American parent.
It is axiomatic that a "natural born citizen" cannot have his citizenship revoked for failing to adhere to the requirements of a congressional statute which granted him citizenship. A "natural" citizen needs no positive law to be a citizen. Any citizen who is only a citizen through the operation of some positive law, is not a "natural" citizen.
To say the least “this” is a subject of much conjecture.
Both of you and some others here have good points, the problem as I see it is that until such time as a bonafide NBC case gets to AND is heard by the SCOTUS, none of the arguments matter to a hill of beans as to Law.
No one has been able to get anything toward nobama’s NBC to the SCOTUS and if there were ever high motivation it is here.
Who would challenge Cruz’s NBC? I think not the Left for they will avoid any chance everything done by nobama being subject to deletion if its ever proven he was not eligible.