Since Ted Cruz did not renounce his Canadian citizenship until 2014 - long after he assumed his position of an elected United States senator, is he in fact a Senator? If he was still a Canadian citizen at the time of his candidacy and election, was he not ineligible for the office?
Well, he sure would have been qualified to run for Prime Minister of Canada until 2014.
If Ted Cruz was a natural born citizen, he would have been a citizen regardless of what our immigration and naturalization statutes require.
He would have been a natural born citizen no matter when in American history he had been born.
Which quite obviously isn’t the case.
Yes. The only requirement for that office is US citizenship, no matter how obtained.
Being a dual citizen creates a political issue only, and is not a constitutional impediment to being a senator.
I suppose being a dual citizen creates a political issue only for purposes of NBC, as well. It doens;t matter if cruz is an NBC in fact, what matters is what a sufficient number of people believe and/or accept.
The way the issue of NBC is processed through the legal system precludes getting a legal answer, the answer will be determined by a political process. If Cruz gets enough votes, he'll be seated as president. There is no need for a court decision, only votes and Congressional acquiesence after the electoral votes have been tallied.
Not sure that was much more than a formality, as the US does not recognize dual citizenship.