“John McCain’s situation was a piece of cake.”
If you dig into McCain’s birth you’ll see he was not born in the American Canal Zone, but in a hospital outside the Canal Zone. To be specific it was Colon Hospital, City of Colon, which is not part of the Canal Zone. McCain was not eligible to be president.
John McCain was born in a military hospital in the Canal Zone in Panama (American Base, but still on sovereign Panamanian soil) but that didn’t stop him from running for the presidency as a natural born American. His father was active duty military, so his son was considered natural born American regardless of his place of birth.
I did not know that. Sanchez’ opinion was poorly sourced on that detail.
However, he also made the point that the McCain parents were Americans, on assignment by the US military, which protects American birthrights for newborns of military personnel stationed abroad, or on foreign soil, and confers infant citizenship.
Cruz’ has none of these advantages, which is what made it easier for the Senate to give McCain a clarifying pass of eligibility for his presidential run. Right?