I do not want someone who believes a child born to a Palestinian father and an American mother in Saudi Arabia is a natural born citizen of the US and eligible to be President. Such a decision, once rendered, would gut the natural born citizen clause in perpetuity.
Let’s live in the real world. First of all, if Cruz is the only one who holds that opinion, the court will not rule with him. Second, if he’s solid on everything else, that’s immeasurably more important. Or would it be okay for you to have another John Roberts? If you’re a conservative, it means you have to have wisdom too, and not so much abstract thinking to make your case.