[sphinx]

No, that is not what NBC means. What you describe is the doctrine cobbled together by birthers who were determined to find a formula that disqualified Barack Obama regardless of what his birth certificate ultimately said. (And yes, I understand that Hillary partisans started the birther argument, and BO lit the fuse by stonewalling.) Now Trump partisans are looking for a formula to disqualify Cruz.

I believed during the Obama birther controversy, and I believe now, that NBC means "citizen at birth, under the laws that obtain at the time." If we spin out the hypotheticals, any other position promptly drowns us in absurdities. The position I've sketched is simple, robust, and coherent. It's workable. The others aren't.

Just for the record, the Constitution doesn't actually define NBC, so it's a legitimate political question best left to the people and the Congress. I would be surprised if any court were willing to touch it, especially in the context of an election campaign.

[little jeremiah]

Bulls***. There is reams of evidence proving you wrong but you don’t want to see so it is pointless saying anything to you.

You “believe” and your belief does not make it so. Precedent shows the meaning of NBC.

Cruz fanbois don’t care, just as 0bunghole fanbois didn’t care.