I want the question on what is a natural born citizen resolved so there is no misunderstanding. Even John McCain was questioned which put Zer0’s doubtful natural born citizenship on the back burner. This has to be nailed down or we will put a candidate into the Presidency and have it rendered null and void when the courts put them under the microscope.
Having the question answered soon would also have consequences for Zer0’s presidency.
So, here is what Senator Ted Cruz should do:
On the surface he would show his great concern that his family circumstances make him ineligible to be President. Because of that concern, he would ask from the courts a judgement on what is the most accurate definition of a Natural Born Citizen. This would be for his own satisfaction on this level. And, the Left would be in favor of it because it may take out Cruz’s chances to be President. It would operate like a Trojan Horse. because there would be a secondary level that the Left would not catch: that of a blow to the heart of the Great Usurper. It would open wide the microscope for Zer0. I am sure the courts would rule against Zer0’s favor and put into crisis mode his presidency.
It has been nailed down, but uninformed people just keep bringing it up. Any question about McCain was smoke and mirrors as his dad was there on military duty but it wouldn't have made any difference as his parents were Americans and that made him an American citizen the minute he was born.
Look at it this way for clarity - consider it heredity. If the mom is an American, she transfers her American citizenship by heredity to the child when he is born. If the father was an American, the child would inherit his American citizenship from him.
The purpose of our forefathers was to prevent an Englishman born and raised in England with his allegiance to England, coming to American and running for president with no allegiance to this country. It would be the same for anyone from a foreign country who had been born in that country and had allegiance to that country, coming here and running for president with no allegiance to this country. A Chinese man born in China, has an allegiance to China and cannot come here and run for president since he has no allegiance to this country.
Cruz was an American when he was born, and from the start, had no allegiance to another country.
This argument will go on a million times on FR due to misinformation.
Let's consider Cruz's father was from Cuba. Did our baby Cruz become a Cuban? No, he was registered at birth as an American from an American mother.
How did you get your citizenship? You were a new piece of humanity. The hospital had birth forms and your parents completed those forms listing you as an American citizen. These forms were sent to the state and the state sent an official birth certificate to your parents. The point is, getting a birth certificate is not magic. At the minute of your birth, a piece of paper does not float down to the delivery room where you are. Your parents must register the birth.
If one parent is French and one parent is Italian, they make a choice as to which you are or they register you as both. If that's the situation and you are born in Germany, they also have a choice to register you as a German. You could have triple citizenship.
My grandson has an American father and an English mother. On the day he was born in England, he was registered as an American citizen and issued an American passport. He was also registered as an English citizen. He wants to come to this country for his college years and he can do that with no problem since he is an American citizen. When he comes here now and lands at the airport, he gets in the American citizen line, not the foreign country line.