[odawg]

When will they get around to Rubio; neither parent was a citizen when he was born? You talk about a clear-cut case.

[Buckeye McFrog]

You could have one parent from Zimbabwe and the other from Mars. If you pop-out on American soil that makes you a natural born citizen. (SHOULD that be the case is a whole nother issue).

[Kenny]

That this principle still holds was recognized in Rogers v. Bellei, 401 U.S. 815 (1971) implicitly in the majority opinion of Blackmun, in which Chief Justice Burger, and Justices Harlan, Stewart, and White joined:

[O]ur law in this area follows English concepts with an acceptance of the jus soli, that is, that the place of birth governs citizenship status except as modified by statute [and] the [Supreme] Court has specifically recognized the power of Congress not to grant a United States citizen the right to transmit citizenship by descent.

Laurence H Tribe (Harvard)

Hope someone can counter this. I don't want Cruz out of the race, that would bring GOPe Rubio into second place. I either want Trump or Cruz but someone needs to put this to rest.

[exit82]

Good point about Rubio.

He has no American parents, and is a 14th Amendment baby.

That is not NBC.