Interesting situation.
Both were born to American mother and non-citizen father.
The real difference is not that Cruz's father later natualized, it's that Cruz was born outside USA while Obama was born in country.
Personally, I'm of the belief that citizen at birth = natural born, but I respect (some of) those who believe otherwise.
I wish the Supremes would rule specifically on the issue so we could stop arguing about it.
It’s a shame how dead the Constitution is.
Conservatives who are now engaged with a ‘depends-on-what-the meaning-of ‘natural-born’,-is’ in order to get what they want, are really acting no different than the MarxoFascists who say the Constitution needs to ‘change with the times’.
Most of us understand the intent of requirement is that a presidential candidate MUST be born in the country to two American parents who are citizens. They were concerned about anyone having dual loyalties to ancestral nations being the Executive power.
Since Obama has set precedent that a candidate for President is qualified if their mob says they are, without any vetting or proofs beyond forged documents - then technically Putin could run for president.
They obviously don't care to do that, since several cases have risen to their level, and they declined cert on them.
Yes, the blind leading the blind will certainly answer the question.