The Constitution requirement for president is ‘natural born’... Cruz’s mother could not give her son ‘natural born’ standing, that standing can come only from citizen father. So it does mean something. Cruz is NOT eligible to hold the office of president and he knows it. He claims to be for ‘original intent’ but exempts himself.
If he will two time the Constitution to serve himself, he will two time US if it suits his pleasure. We do not need any more Harvard law schooled presidents...
In take it that you have a provision of the constitution that says that only the father and not the mother can pass citizenship to the child born abroad. No court would uphold that provision as rational distinction. What we really don’t need are people claiming to be conservative substituting their unsupported fantasies as part of the constitution.