He said there have been doubts, and then he continued to say it wasn't necessary for the case to say if those doubts were justified or not. So Justice Waite is not taking a stand either way. He did not rule that those born in the U.S. of non-citizen parents were not NBC or that they were.
Here's a good thread on the subject...
I shudder to think how many posts there have been on this subject, arguing for and against. The fact is that your position is no more definitive than those who argue that Cruz is a natural born citizen because the Supreme Court had never ruled on the matter.
No sh@t Shirlock.
I've been studying this since 2007 and this is the opinion I have arrived at, which I have stated at least twice on this thread.
I guess you didn't "get it" after all.
The Supreme Court DID rule on the matter of Ted Cruz's citizenship in the guise of Aldo Mario Bellei. He and Ted Cruz share the exact same circumstance of birth. They were both born in foreign countries to American mothers and foreign fathers.
The Supreme court ruled that Bellei could be stripped of his citizenship because he did not comply with the requirements of the law which granted it; The Citizenship act of 1934. (and subsequent modifications thereof.)
How can you argue that someone who could have been stripped of citizenship is the same thing as a "natural born citizen"?