But the Constitution does not define what a natural born citizen is. The Constitution also identifies only two forms of citizenship; natural born and naturalized. If you are not one then obviously you are the other. Ted Cruz is not a naturalized citizen so therefore he is a natural born citizen.
>> Given the Constitution IS the highest law, itself.
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> But the Constitution does not define what a natural born citizen is.
Which is why I gave you that info-link.
> The Constitution also identifies only two forms of citizenship; natural born and naturalized. If you are not one then obviously you are the other.
Well, there’s a third state here: “Not a Citizen”.
> Ted Cruz is not a naturalized citizen so therefore he is a natural born citizen.
The fourteenth amendment clearly muddies the water:
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
This is an act of the legislature, and therefore confers/institutes citizenship — which can only be done to naturalized citizens.
At the “crazy end” of reasoning this obliterates Natural Born citizenship, making all naturalized citizens; but it certainly isn’t unreasonable to examine the issue — especially since the elites are working so hard on destroying the requirements set forth in the Constitution.