[0.E.O]

Read the thread, maybe you'll get it.

Your point seems to be that Cruz is not a natural born citizen. You seem to be saying that only people born in the U.S. of two citizen parents can be natural born citizens. Then you quote part of the Happersett decision to support your position. I merely pointed out that if anything the Happersett decision proves you wrong; that Justice Waitte said that there can be more than one road to NBC status, and he wasn't going to say if that was right or wrong. Did I miss anything?

[Las Vegas Ron]

You seem to be saying that only people born in the U.S. of two citizen parents can be natural born citizens.

IMO, yes.

Waitte said that there can be more than one road to NBC status, and he wasn't going to say if that was right or wrong.

No he didn't, he said there were doubts.

Did I miss anything?

Nope, you got it.

Here's a good thread on the subject:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2830605/posts

[DiogenesLamp]

Then you quote part of the Happersett decision to support your position. I merely pointed out that if anything the Happersett decision proves you wrong; that Justice Waitte said that there can be more than one road to NBC status, and he wasn't going to say if that was right or wrong. Did I miss anything?

Yes you did. You missed the part where 7 years after the ratification of the 14th Amendment, and during a discussion explicitly ABOUT the 14th Amendment, Justice Waite said:

"The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens."

This is a tacit admission that the 14th AMENDMENT "does NOT SAY who shall be natural-born citizens."