Well, I won’t back a candidate until after the first debate, but I do believe Cruz is eligible, and I would love to see him run. He’s a solid conservative.
Hmmmm, tag team trolls......
I like Cruz as well. I may even disregard his "natural citizen" status long enough to support him. (What does it matter anymore anyway?)
But what I won't do is fail to speak up when someone is saying something that is obviously incorrect. Ted Cruz is in exactly the same position as Aldo Mario Bellei. (Born in a foreign country of an American Mother.)
The Supreme court ruling in the case of Rogers v Bellei says that because Bellei's citizenship was created by an act of Congress, Congress has a right to set requirements regarding it. The Requirement that congress set was that Bellei had to be a resident of the United States for a set period of time. Bellei failed to meet this requirement.
Bellei was stripped of his citizenship by the US government for failing to meet the conditional requirement of his citizenship. Ted Cruz HAS met the conditional requirement of his citizenship, but the point remains.
A "natural citizen" has NO CONDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS to meet. He can remain out of the country indefinitely and retain his citizenship. Ted Cruz could not do this, and therefore he cannot be a "natural citizen." He is only a citizen by virtue of a Law which didn't exist in 1787.