basic logic confirms the intent of the Founders.
1. they wanted to insure no split allegiances, at least by birth
2. they wanted to insure no foreign king could ever be POTUS
as such, they chose the phrase ‘natural born citizen’... a phrase known to them whose meaning was common knowledge, not only to the common man, but to the courts (as the ‘laws of nations’ proves)
their intent of using the phrase to insure against split allegiances, was due to the fact the person could not have multiple citizenships at birth.
according to TCruz himself, he was a NBC of the US because his mother transferred citizenship. while she did... and he is a US citizen... he also was a cuban citizen at birth because of his father and a canadian citizen due to birthright citizenship in canada. by his own logic, this would make him a natural born citizen of three countries... which isn’t possible
obviously, he’s not eligible. if you think he is, you best push him to get it clarified by the SCOTUS and not some lib judge that would love to help him get the nomination
If Senator Cruz is in the top tier of candidates for the nomination at some point, I’m betting that his eligibility will be challenged in courts and via state election boards.
There are but two types of citizenship, natural born and naturalized. The constitution does not give power to Congress or the courts to confer or deny natural born status to anyone. The power to establish a process to naturalize is given to Congress and not to the courts, thus court cases should not be part if the debate. Congress has decided that some people born on U.S. soil are citizens and some are not. Those that are declared citizens are technically naturalized at birth by law. Those who are not declared citizens, such as children of foreign diplomats, are excluded by law.
If your citizenship is established by law, then you are not natural born.
There are not very many combinations to consider. Whether the father is a citizen, the mother is a citizen, either or both parents have multiple citizenships, and where the child is born. The only combination that is without question is born on us soil of citizen parents.
Congress and the courts have spoken on all the other combinations. The fact that they have written laws about it shows that they think they have jurisdiction. They have amended the Constitution by editing the dictionary.