Thank you for that advice. I was considering purchasing several more of his books, even though I am a Trump supporter.
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside.”
So let's break this down as the SCOTUS ruled in 1868 & reaffirmed in 1884, that the language of the Constitution does in deed define who that natural born citizens are.
All persons born “IN” the United States.. Ted Cruz fails this test
and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.. this includes not only local jurisdiction, but also political jurisdiction and since Cruz was subject to neither at birth, he also fails this part of the test
is a citizen of the state wherein they reside at birth... also, a HUGE fail for Ted Cruz.
This isn't complicated, although lawyers would like us to think so because that is how they make their money, by obfuscating the law. The Library of Congress, on citizenship and immigration and naturalization states that from 1790 to 1950, women and children were of the nationality of their husband/father respectively. Only through congressional legislation did that change and that legislation, that is the actual law, not the code as the code is only evidence of the actual laws that govern, is that which all judges go to when deciding cases. The actual law that governed at the time Cruz was born, and when he came to the US at the age of 4, states that Cruz entered the US as a “non-quota” immigrant. Only after the parents residing with the child in the US for the required numbers of years, did Cruz become a US citizen because of his mother's citizenship. Cruz is not a natural born citizen, no way, no how. Rubio also because at the time of his birth, that same law states that children born to Cuban refuges in the US are aliens at birth and remain so until that parents naturalize or upon their coming of age, the child seeks US citizenship.
So do not let these obfuscating constitutional ignoramuses make you feel as if you can't know the law because you didn't receive some liberal law school degree. the law is not complicated if one has educated themselves into the “terms of art” that define the law, a.k.a. words that no longer hold their common meaning because the law specifically gives them another definition.
We the people through our representatives in Congress make the laws and therefore we are to be able to read them and understand them. And I have found that this is not hard to do when the statutes have definitions in them such as the 1965 Immigration & Nationality Act that states:
“Non-quota” immigrant: a child born in a foreign country to one US citizen parent and one alien parent
Doesn't get much clearer than that!