[WXRGina]

Factoid: Section 301(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act extends citizenship to anyone born to an American citizen — such as Cruz’s mother at the time of his own birth.

Fact: the Framers made a distinction between "citizen" for senators and representatives and "natural born citizen" for president. There is a difference.

It's really too bad that the brightest shining conservative star we have is not a natural born American citizen, but like Lakeshark said, he has not said anything about running for President at this time.

[kevkrom]

Fact: the Framers made a distinction between "citizen" for senators and representatives and "natural born citizen" for president. There is a difference.

Fact: that difference is still maintained even if you accept the actual legal definition of "natural born citizen" as "citizen at birth".

[SoConPubbie]

It's really too bad that the brightest shining conservative star we have is not a natural born American citizen, but like Lakeshark said, he has not said anything about running for President at this time.

Once again, please show us where in the Constitution, your opinion of what it means to be "Natural born" is defined.

Lacking that, please show us the relevant US Law(s) passed by Congress and signed by a US President that prove your OPINION correct.

Lacking that, please show us the relevant Supreme Court Ruling(s) that prove your OPINION correct.

[Lakeshark]

Since he has not declared for President, because we have pressing issues with the defunding of Bambicare, can we let the argument go?

The MSM wants us to wrangel over an issue we will never resolve her on FR. Let me say that again, this is an issue WE WILL NEVER RESOLVE WITH OUR DISCUSSION ON FR, NEVER. And the MSM wants us to waste our time on it when he hasn't declared a run for the Presidency.

Let's simply stop, and unite over the defunding effort.

[Arthur McGowan]

If a Rep. or Sen. must be a “citizen,” then either a born citizen or a naturalized citizen is eligible.

A naturalized citizen is ineligible to be President.

That is all that the text of the Constitution makes clear.

Whether a “natural born” citizen is someone other than a person who was born a citizen is not evident from the text of the Constitution.