If Ted Cruz walks into a consulate today because he does not have such a certificate it will be issued to him and it will be effective as at the date of his birth. Otherwise Ted Cruz was over thirty years of age, had been an inhabitant of the state of Texas at the time of the election so he is qualified to be a senator on all counts.
I’d like to see Abraham Lincoln’s “certificate of live birth.” Or even George Washington’s for that matter.
The CRBA is not the only document that will serve as evidence of a child being registered by its parents. A passport is also included in the law as an alternative to a CRBA. Either one is fine.
I don’t feel like finding he law at the moment, but I know it’s there.
It also makes sense.
Cruz is a natural born Canadian at best.
“Ted Cruz was a citizen, even a natural born citizen, on the instant of his birth.”
When I was in high school, in my llth grade American history class, before this was ever an issue, we were taught that natural born meant both parents were citizens. Why was that taught?