You claim both Obama and Cruz are natural born citizens
Obama was (allegedly) born to a foreign citizen father and a US citizen mother, in the US.
- jus soli
- jus sanguinus
Cruz was born to a foreign citizen father and a US citizen mother, outside the US.
- obviously not jus soli
- jus sanguinous
The common factor appears to be jus sanguinus by way of a single US citizen parent.
You have often claim English common law jus soli to be the basis of US law, yet the only principle discernible is jus sanguinus. Do you apply a principle or take an expedient position?
The common factor is - just as stated by James Bayard and approved by Chief Justice John Marshall - citizenship by birth.
There are two routes to citizenship by birth. Jus soli is the primary one, jus sanguinis is the secondary one. Both are pathways to natural born citizenship.
It's not totally official in the case of the second route (though it is in the case of the first), but I'm sure the Supreme Court would approve a Ted Cruz candidacy.
And yes, the PRINCIPLE is: Citizenship by birth.
Those who are citizens by birth are eligible. Those who are born non-citizens, and are naturalized later, are NOT eligible.
It’s really not complicated.