[Pelham]

“By the law of nature alone, children follow the condition of their fathers, and enter into all their rights”

‘Following the father’ might go all the way back to Roman law. Or could it be Code Napoleon? I’m not sure when we might have expanded this to include the mother. There was some change around 1920.

[wardaddy]

If you take the precise language and apply it then I think one can sure make a case it needs clarifying or settling

The two sticking points are the dad being non citizen and foreign birth

I love Cruz but truth is more important whatever it is

Has anyone foreign born with a foreign daddy ever been president since those here at time of founding were deemed citizens de facto?

[Ohioan]

There was no "change around 1920" that addressed the precise point that Vattel made. But respecting & liking Cruz, I will not develop that argument any further. However, the Nineteenth Amendment dealt only with suffrage.