“It is not necessary that a man should be born in this country, to be ‘a natural born citizen.’ It is only requisite that he should be a citizen by birth, and that is the case with all the children of citizens who have ever resided in this country, though born in a foreign country.”
- James Bayard, A Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States (1833)
The above quote was part of Bayard’s discussion of qualifications to be President and Presidential eligibility.
Jeff, what you posted would work for John McCaine. He is a citizen by birth, born outside the country to citizens, plural, mother and father which is what this says is required to be a natural born citizen.
Obama and Cruz both fail. Both only have one citizen parent. BVB
Doesn't matter. There is no Constitutional, legal or historical qualification at all that a person has to have more than one citizen parent in order to be a natural born citizen.
In fact, if you're born on US soil to resident parents, you don't have to have any citizen parents at all.
The birthers will squeal and scream and cry "LIAR!" "TRAITOR!" but that is the HISTORICAL FACT.
And as Bayard said, "It is only requisite that a man - or woman - be born a citizen."