However, in reading the 1971 SCOTUS decision in Rogers v. Bellei, I'm wondering if the FAM is incorrect in its assertion. Please read post #358 and share your thoughts.
The Foreign Affairs manual derives whatever authority it claims from it's Bureaucracy which derives theirs from Congress which derives theirs from the Constitution.
They cannot override constitutional meanings by Bureaucratic or Congressional fiat.
However, in reading the 1971 SCOTUS decision in Rogers v. Bellei, I'm wondering if the FAM is incorrect in its assertion. Please read post #358 and share your thoughts.
I think you have a pretty good grasp of the ramifications of the Rogers v Bellei ruling. I have been saying for perhaps a year that Cruz and Bellei share the same legal circumstances with the difference being that Cruz complied with all the requirements whereas Bellei didn't.
My point remains though, that a "natural citizen" doesn't have conditions placed on their mother or themselves. They just are a citizen through no overt action of law.