Someone tell Trump you don’t need a judge to grant you your God-given constitutional rights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause
The use of the phrase “natural born” was not without precedent. Statutes in England prior to American independence used the phrase “natural born subject”. For example, the British Foreign Protestants Naturalization Act 1708:[10][11]
The children of all natural born subjects born out of the ligeance [i.e. out of England] of Her Majesty Her Heirs and Successors shall be deemed and adjudged to be natural born subjects of this Kingdom to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever.
Considering the history of the constitutional qualifications provision, the common use and meaning of the phrase “natural-born subject” in England and in the Colonies in the 1700s, the clause’s apparent intent, the subsequent action of the first Congress in enacting the Naturalization Act of 1790 (expressly defining the term “natural born citizen” to include a person born abroad to parents who are United States citizens), as well as subsequent Supreme Court dicta, it appears that the most logical inferences would indicate that the phrase “natural born Citizen” would mean a person who is entitled to U.S. citizenship “at birth” or “by birth”.[68]
It ain’t England, McGee. Also it states “statutes” also in English law, so it is statutory law there, too. That’s the rub in the U.S. -— natural born is born here of two U.S. citizens. Citizenship by U.S. Congressional law is basically statutory naturalization, and does not include the English caveat that entitles English statutory citizens to ALL the rights of the natural born. Sorry, it needs clarification by the Courts and needs to become settled law, once and for all, however the chips may fall. Once a decision is made and every eventuality spelled out, we thankfully won’t have any more of these disputes.
Cruz was born an alien but made a citizen through law (Congress).