And was this law in effect in 1787? Would the people for whom this law operates have been considered "natural citizens" prior to this law? How about a little honesty?
That’s the current law of the land. I thought that posting it would be helpful for this discussion. I honestly posted the relevant section in its entirety, as it is likely to be applied in any court challenge to Senator Cruz.
The Founding Fathers made provision for any and all of their original thinking to be altered by Constitutional Amendment. They never intended for what they developed to be set in stone forever. They were smart enough to make it difficult to amend the Constitution but not impossible. The current Immigration and Naturalization Act has been held to be Constitutional under the provisions of the Citizenship Clause of the14th Amendment.
It is indeed ironic that in 2016, should Ted Cruz run for president, the first shot at determining his eligibility will belong to Secretary of State John Kerry.