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Through his mother, there is not doubt of Ted Cruz’s US citizenship at birth.

My mentioning the father is hypothetical and is based on the ease with which it was possible to acquire citizenship on the old frontier...so far as the requirements are concerned. It was simply a number of years as a resident and then an oath before any magistrate anyplace at any time.

The difficulty had to do with any travel really. I’m sure many on the Kentucky County frontier considered themselves citizens but were prevented by the situation from traveling great distances.

[RegulatorCountry]

There is a Constitutional distinction, between “natural-born citizen” and “born citizen,” as evidenced by the language of the Nationality Act of 1790 having been rescinded and replaced with such language as it was, by the Nationality Act of 1795. Original Intent is demonstrated in more ways than one by those Acts, being largely created by Founders as they were, being of that era. The sword cuts both ways, in other words. It shows that birth abroad was not originally intended to preclude eligibility to the Presidency in and of itself, but it also demonstrates that citizenship at birth is not necessarily natural-born citizenship, Constitutionally speaking.