“Yes they would. Otherwise they would have put it in the Constitutionext. They were quite familiar with the concept. At that time the fathers citizenship was enough. Later changes to the law made it mother or father.”
No, that is a fairy tale and a fraud. Ted Cruz was either born with no U.S. citizenship whatsoever due to his mother having expatriated as a U.S. citizen to take up Canadian citizenship, or Ted Cruz acquired U.S. citizenship by naturalization. There is not possible way by which Ted Cruz could ever be lawfully regarded as a natural born citizen of the United States.
BETHESDA, Md., April 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Ted Cruz risks primary disqualification in New Jersey resulting from charges of ballot access fraud. A primary ballot disqualification hearing is scheduled by the Secretary of State for Monday, April 11 at 9:00 a.m. in Mercerville, New Jersey.
Washington D.C. Law Professor Victor Williams charges that Ted Cruz fraudulently certified his constitutional eligibility for office to gain ballot access. Williams demands that Cruz be disqualified from several late-primary ballots: "Cruz committed ballot access fraud in each state when he falsely swore that he was a 'natural born' American citizen." Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada and held his resulting Canadian citizenship until May 2014. Cruz is a naturalized (not natural born) American citizen.
Williams' fraud charges had quick effect in New Jersey. Rather than accepting Cruz's ballot petition when filed last week, the Secretary of State (Kim Guadagno) scheduled the unusual Administrative Law hearing for April 11. The Canadian-born Cruz must prove that he did not falsely certify his eligibility for office.
Cruz's ballot eligibility is also being challenged in California, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington.
Your ignorance of the law doesn’t change the law.