[Just mythoughts]

I was born in Germany, I have known for most of my life I am not a natural born US citizen. I learned it back in school when the Constitution was taught. To be a natural born US citizen requires two US citizen parents birthing their child on US soil. Cruz and Rubio both know they are NOT natural born US citizens. Both are US citizens, but not natural born.

[catfish1957]

Then why was there a concerted effort to make sure everyone knew McCain was eligible in 2008?

[Auslander154]

Illinois Board of Elections declares Cruz a natural-born citizen.

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/03/illinois-board-of-elections-declares-cruz-a-natural-born-citizen/

[Johnny B.]

I was born in Germany, I have known for most of my life I am not a natural born US citizen. I learned it back in school when the Constitution was taught. To be a natural born US citizen requires two US citizen parents birthing their child on US soil.

And, of course, your social studies teacher is the ultimate authority on the Constitution and the Law. /sarc

I remember believing the same thing, based on my public school education in the 1970s. But both the Constitution and the law disagrees with it.

Here is the relevant law:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401

See clause "g". That states that Ted Cruz is a Citizen at birth.

The Constitution only recognizes two types of citizens: "Natural Born" and "Naturalized". If you're a Citizen at birth, you are, by definition "National Born". There is no third category.

And, let's not forget that Trump originally had his lawyers look into Cruz' NBC status, and they agreed that he was an NBC. And let's not forget that Trump admitted in one of the debates that the only reason he was now trying to make it an issue was because Cruz was gaining on him in the polls.