Yes, I'm a Trump supporter. I'm trying to keep it real on this issue. Because if we don't and Cruz is nominated, the dems will tie it up in court and he'll never be inaugurated.
Why didn't that happen with Obama? Because establishment 'pubs were either gutless wonders or complicit.
I understand your position, but I think this is only a political issue. Trump is using it to raise doubts about Cruz and it may well have stymied his rise in the polls. If Cruz is fortunate enough to win the nomination and the Presidency, this could then could then be given standing by a court. However, it is hard to believe that SCOTUS would ever decide against Cruz because the court would not want to overturn the decision of the electorate. It really is a political issue not a legal issue for which there is significant historical information to argue the case for Cruz as a NBC.
The one thing that the media and Trump are ignoring is the case against Marco Rubio. Although Rubio was born in the US, neither of his parents were US citizens when he was born. In fact they were both here illegally. So, does he really have standing to be considered truly a NBC? This could come up for Marco as well.
Like the Cruz case and also the case for John McCain (born in Panama), there is enough legal and historical evidence to make an argument on both sides of the NBC line for Senator Rubio. In fact, there was speculation that Mitt Romney passed on Marco for VP because there was concern over the NBC issue raised in 2012.
The bottom-line IMHO is that this is now simply a political issue that can be bandied about in discussion. In order for anyone to have legal standing to take this to court, one of these candidates will have to succeed in getting elected to POTUS or VPOTUS.
Of course, I am not a lawyer...but, I’ve stayed at a Holiday Inn Express! ;-)