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-- The 14th amendment doesn't give you NBC status, it just means you are a citizen. --

I agree.

-- You fail to post what this statue is. --

8 USC 1401(g), for Cruz. Obama, taking his birthpalce as Hawaii, would be 8 USC 1401(a), but that clause only repeats the operable part of the 14th amendment.

-- My original point stands, the argument was about whether Obama was born in the US, not some statue --

There were multiple argument in Obama's case. I'm sure you know that and generally what they were. Roughly:

not born in the US (fact dispute), therefore not a statutory citizen (correct conclusion given statute at the time)
NBC under the 14th amendment depends on the father being a citizen too
a person born a dual citizen isn't NBC

NBC under the 14th amendment depends on the father being a citizen too
a person born a dual citizen isn’t nbc.
In Inglis v. Trustees (1830) and Elk v. Wilkins (1884), the Supreme Court ruled that a child born on U.S. soil, to a father owing allegiance to a sovereignty other than the United States, inherits its father’s (foreign) citizenship. Such child is not a U.S. citizen at birth [20]