When I was in high school, in 1966, I had a wonderful, patriotic US History teacher (thank you, Mr. Benofsky).
We studied this issue and, at that time (and with no pending controversies) it appeared that everyone believed what NBC meant was “born here”.
I followed the Obama threads. I understand the desperation to believe “this can’t possibly be happening”. But the proof that Obama wasn’t born here has never surfaced.
The proof that Cruz wasn’t born here, OTHO, is undisputed. If the USSC has to rule on this (and I hope they don’t), there is at least some chance that they will rule Cruz is not an NBC.
If they won’t take up the Obama records, they cannot take up the Cruz records.
Only the Electoral College and Congress (HOR) has standing. When they abdicated such in deference to the “popular election” results, it opened the field to ANYONE.