This whole “natural born” vs. “native born” argument needs settled, and needs a court decision now. So fed up with all the arguments, and some so unnecessarily hostile. Cruz, put up or shut up. His own college teachers say it is not settled law...so puleeeeze get the recommended declaratory relief from the courts. It certainly looks like Cruz, who knows the Constitution inside out, is avoiding the issue because he fears a court ruling will find him ineligible. He needs to man up and put all our fears to rest..
From Wikipediea (mainly to show the courts cases for those who want to do further research; for context this is regarding Obama):
“Ronald Rotunda, Professor of Law at Chapman University, has remarked “There's [sic] some people who say that both parents need to be citizens. That's never been the law.”[67] As a further example, in an unpublished New York decision, Strunk v. N.Y. State Board of Elections (Kings Cnty Supreme Ct., April 11, 2012) 35 Misc.3d 1208(A), 2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 50614(U), 950 N.Y.S.2d 722 (table), 2012 N.Y.Misc. LEXIS 1635, 2012 WL 1205117, the pro se plaintiff challenged Obama’s presence on the presidential ballot, based on his own interpretation that “natural born citizen” required the president “to have been born on United States soil and have two United States born parents.” (emphasis added) To which the Court responded, “ Article II, section 1, clause 5 does not state this. No legal authority has ever stated that the Natural Born Citizen clause means what plaintiff Strunk claims it says. .... Moreover, President Obama is the sixth U.S. President to have had one or both of his parents not born on U.S. soil.” [listing Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, Chester A. Arthur, Woodrow Wilson, and Herbert Hoover].”
I can't imagine a court that would want to take on the issue and admit that Chester A Arthur and Barrack Obama were illegitimate presidents. The democrats can't use twisted courts against Cruz without tarnishing (or annihilating) Obummers legacy.