[Nero Germanicus]

Here is the section of the current U.S. Law that pertains to Senator Cruz’s natural born citizenship status:
8 USC 1401
“The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years...”

All sections of the U.S. Code of Laws function under the Constitution unless and until they are ruled to be unconstitutional.

No court has ever ruled that there is a difference between a “natural born citizen” and a “citizen of the United States at birth.”
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/8/12/III/I/1401

[MMaschin]

8 USC 1401 “The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth: a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years...”

You forgot to post the title of that part of US code containing section 1401!

I'll post if for you - 8 USC CHAPTER 12, SUBCHAPTER III, Part I: Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization

The courts have ruled that Citizenship is aquired either by birth, or naturalization. You are either a naturalized US citizen, or a natural born Citizen. You CAN NOT be naturalized, and still be a "natural born" US citizen. The title of the part of US code containing the section that you yourself declared Ted Cruz a Citizen, clearly states that he is a NATURALIZED US citizen.

Please reference post 87 of this thread

[SADMILLIE]

you are sadly confusing citizen ship with eligibility. Please don’t

[paristexas]

“Here is the section of the current U.S. Law that pertains to Senator Cruz’s natural born citizenship status:
8 USC 1401”

Of course, I think we would all agree that the meaning of “natural born citizen” cannot be changed by some later enacted law. The constitution means what it meant when it was enacted. That being said, I think a foreign born child who had an American mother was probably what the founders had in mind when they said “natural born citizen.” I have never seen anything contrary. Cruz is eligible.