I think that the underlying problem is that the claim that Obama was born in Kenya was not gaining acceptance. It was known that his father was Kenyan. So, if it is assumed that he was born in Hawaii, then the only way to attack his qualifications would be to create a new requirement that the father be a citizen.
I think some people underestimate how distraught some people were that Obama had been elected. There were people who could not accept that reality. They would have believed anything that might change the reality of Obama as president. Believing that the father had to be a citizen was not at all difficult for them under the circumstances. I have seen the arguments about Vattel, etc. They are barely rational and certainly not persuasive. It can be seen what the Supreme Court thought about these arguments. Many of them attended the inaugural ceremony and the Chief Justice volunteered to administer the oath of office.
The Cruz candidacy presents a problem for some of the people who convinced themselves that Obama could not have been the real president. I think that if Cruz gets the nomination, the people who thought that Obama was disqualified will in time reconsider the arguments that led them to that corner. For some it will take longer than for others, but in the end, they will all support Cruz if he is the nominee. None of this was ever real to begin with. It is just the way our psychology tends to play tricks on us.
TED CRUZ - 2016!
It made no sense to file civil suit after civil suit (226 in all) when what was being alleged was criminal activity: forgery, election fraud, document tampering, identity theft, Social Security fraud, et cetera.
If you are alleging a crime, find a prosecuting attorney who is willing to convene a grand jury to examine the strength of the evidence. If the evdence is convincing, criminal indictments will be handed down.
Senator Cruz qualifies as a Citizen of the United States At Birth which is synonymous with being a Natural Born Citizen in that no Court has ever ruled otherwise.