It’s not dumb. Even occasionally liberals get something right.
The Constitution didn’t decide the question. What might have been in the Constitution writers’ minds doesn’t count legally (and the first law on it did grant NBC to citizens born outside the U.S.)
And then there have been two centuries of law on citizenship, which affects NBC. Also two centuries of change in the world. Where in 1800 Cruz’s Canadian birth truly might matter, it doesn’t now.
And the whole point, the ONLY rationale for NBC, is the matter of one’s allegiances. In the world back then, every other country they were dealing with were monarchies. The situation is very different now.
Ahhh, the Constitution is a “living document”
Thanks for decloaking.