Mark Levin recently explained that the law is explicit related to foreign born Americans.
If one parent was born in America and lived here a total of at least 10 years (at least 5 of those years must be after the age of 14), the child qualifies as a natural born citizen.
He reminded of several candidates who have been foreign born: George Romney (Mitt’s father—Mexico), McCain (Panama), Goldwater (Territory of Arizona before it was a state). So there is clear precedent as well as law on the side of Cruz.
The problem is that precedent and the law seem to mean little to the current Supreme Court.
If Cruz is truly an insurgent candidate and not a GOPe player, he represents a threat to the power they wield. There are billions of dollars and the power that represents at stake.
Cruz has said that he intends to make the Supremes subject to electoral review. Do you trust the current court, that finds reasons to rule in expedient fashion in mystical penumbras and phantom founder intent, to suddenly go “Oh, well, looks like precedent and law is in favor of this threat we can stop with a simple ruling on an issue that is ambiguous enough that Congressional action was taken on behalf of candidate McCain.”
I’m sure the court will say, “Cuban father, born in Canada, and only renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014? Slam dunk NBC, and what the Hell, just because the Supreme Court has steered clear of this issue before it’s not an excuse for us to set our own precedent and stop this guy who wants us to go before those idiot voters.”
Yeah, I’m certain that’s the way they’ll handle it.