Im no legal expert, but the vast majority of people who are say this is most definately the case.
I hope you’re wrong because I think it’s stupid to wait until after elections to challenge eligibility to be on the ballot.
But it’s going to hurt Cruz until it’s cleared up. Cruz can’t claim to be defender of the constitution and then dodge attacks on his own consitutional eligibility. Every time he gets a case dismissed on a technicality it’s going to raise a red flag.