Hannity asked Cruz if he was constitutionally eligible to be president. Cruz had an interesting answer. Cruz stated that he was born in Canada, that his mother was an American citizen by birth which under federal law made him an American citizen by birth and that the Constitution requires the president to be a natural born citizen. As much as I like Cruz, I didn’t like his answer. He obviously equates “citizen by birth” with the higher standard “natural born citizen.” Cruz is not a “natural born citizen.” However, since that constitutional requirement has been waived for the current president maybe he, too, should get a waiver.
And, according to the Constitution and statute law, he is absolutely correct.