“Ted Cruz is eligible because he is a citizen by birth.”
Ted Cruz says he acquired his U.S. citizenship by inheriting his mother’s U.S. citizenship, which is the statute at his time of birth known as the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952, and it says Ted Cruz “Sec. 301. (a) The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth; . . . (7) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States . . . .”
The Foreign Affairs Manual of the U.S. State Department administering that naturalization statutory law says: “U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 7
Consular Affairs. 7 FAM 1151 INTRODUCTION... b. 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(23); INA 101(a)(23)) defines naturalization as the conferring of nationality of a state upon a person after birth by any means whatsoever. . . For the purposes of this subchapter naturalization includes:... (5) “Automatic” Â acquisition of U.S. citizenship after birth, a form of naturalization by certain children born abroad to U.S. citizen parents or children adopted abroad by U.S. citizen parents.”
United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649, 18 S.Ct. 456, 42 L.Ed. said “A person born out of the jurisdiction of the United States can only become a citizen by being naturalized....”
Nowhere is there a place in the Constitution says a mere “citizen”, a “naturalized citizen at birth”, or a “naturalized citizen” is eligible to the Office of the President. Consequently, there is no possible way that Ted Cruz can remotely be argued to be eligible for the Office of the President, because the above quoted laws expressly forbid a naturalized U.S citizen to be eligible for the Office of the President.
I have been trying to find the focal point of this argument.
I think it's true that the constitution regards Jus Solis (from the land or place) and the principle for natural born status.
I think it's true that Jus sanguinis (from descent or blood), is a valid principle used by US code since the founding, it appears in it's naturalization function..
If the rights of citizenship transfer to the child regardless of place, under certain circumstances, then how is it that rights transferred from a natural born citizen change to become a restricted citizenship?
I think that probably sums up my question.