I wish it would get settled also. There are “legal” as well as non-legal experts that are all over the map on this. Now, if it does go to the SC and be settled in Cruz’s favor will that put an end to Trump and everybody else’s big mouths? No? I didn’t think so. However, if it goes the other way then it is over for Cruz, he goes home and it is a dead issue. But it will never be over if he prevails.
There are a few ways to view the question of "settled."
Looking at case law precedents, 100% say Cruz is naturalized. All of 'em, going back 200 years.
Applying the US constitution to the facts, it is "settled," Cruz is a naturalized citizen.
But, as to public perception, and what people believe, it is not settled.
I use the example of Galileo. 500 years ago it was settled that the sun orbits the earth. This was not questioned. It was so, because people believed it be so.
200 years ago, the people knew what NBC was. They certainly knew that is wasn't anybody born abroad. It was a no brainer.
That people are not so sure of this anymore is a credit to the ability of mass media to impose false belief on the public. Somebody wants you to think this is unsettled, because there is a larger benefit to them and their ilk, flowing form an ignorant and easily led, gullible public.
Same here. What I find curious about Trump is that he says he'd be doing the public a huge favor by suing Cruz over it, but he doesn't do it.
Trump says he's not in this for himself, he's just trying to do the right thing for everyone. I think he's right that we'd be better off getting this settled sooner rather than later. We're supposed to believe that as President he'd be looking out for all of us, not just himself. But he has the opportunity and is in a unique position to be able to do something for all of us right now and won't.