Though he is an American citizen, Ted Cruz was born in Canada to an American mother so is he a "natural born citizen" as article II, Section I of the constitution requires? I seem to recall claims (fraudulent) by so-called "birthers" that President Obama was born in Kenya so was not eligible to run for president (though he was born to an American mother)? Well, that was then, this is now.
It may turn out that it doesn't matter after all as "Legal scholars generally agree that Cruz meets that requirement, and Cruz's office agrees. But it also remains somewhat untested in the courts." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/03/20/supporters-push-for-ted-cruz-for-president/ I don't recall this being brought up at the time of the arguments over President Obama.
It had been suggested that George Romney was not eligible to be president because he was born in Mexico, but he did not win the Republican nomination for president.
John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone to American parents, but the Panama Canal Zone was made an exception (a ruling with which I agree). In an attempt to make sure, a non-binding resolution declared John McCain was eligible to be president, but that resolution had no legal basis. Since McCain was born on a U.S. military reservation he possibly should be considered to be born in America. At any rate, Democrats never contested the issue.
My own thought is that if the issue arises, the conservative Supreme Court would side with the conservative Cruse being a "natural born citizen of the U.S." And I have no doubt that conservative Republicans can shift gears to accepting Cruse should he choose to run for president even though they verbally contested Obama. Being consistent is not a requirement of politicians. Since we have a conservative Supreme Court, I would like to see this settled with a conservative Republican nominee who was not born in America. After all, it would be a strain if the situation should arise for a Democratic candidate born outside America (but not on an American military station), to one American parent to face a conservative Supreme Court. In view of what happened to Obama, I would like to see the issue solved once and for all and Cruz would be a good test.
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