[driftdiver]

By law he was a citizen at birth due to his mother’s citizenship.

[ClearCase_guy]

There has been a proposed counter-example posted on other threads (I believe it is a hypothetical, but it makes a point):

Prince Mohammad Abdullah, born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His mother is a US citizen, but his father is Saudi Royalty.

The Prince could be an American president -- born in a foreign land, his mother is a US citizen, and therefore he's a natural born citizen.

Now, I have an issue with that.
Cruz has precisely the same situation, and I have an issue with that too.

For me, NBC means born on US soil, to 2 parents who are US citizens (naturalized or otherwise). Whether the courts agree with me is a legitimate issue. Perhaps the courts want a Saudi Prince to rule over us.

[Cboldt]

-- By law he was a citizen at birth due to his mother's citizenship. --

I never said otherwise. But if you want to win this argument, you have to resort to legal authority, SCOTUS precedent or the US constitution. Rhetorical arguments void of reference to legal authority are not even persuasive, they are a waste of time.