Posted on 09/02/2013 4:25:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
"By law, his mother’s U.S. citizenship automatically confers natural citizenship to Cruz"
The key to being a "natural-born Citizen," as compared to a "natural" or "native" Citizen, is that this status cannot be conferred by ANY law - or even a Constitutional Amendment.
As Vattel explained in the "Law of Nations" (with which the drafters of the Constitution were thoroughly familiar) being "natural-born" was inherent in one's circumstances at birth.
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