[Leaning Right]

Cruz was born into the allegiance and jurisdiction of Canada...

I think you're on to something there. Was Cruz a Canadian citizen by virtue of the location of his birth? If so, then he is not "natural born". The whole idea of "natural born" is to make very sure that the person in question has a built-in allegiance to the USA only.

Just my opinion. I'm sure many FReepers will disagree with me. And the Supreme Court probably would disagree with me as well.

[Bob434]

It is significant to note that in a more recent case, in 2001, the Supreme Court indicated that under
current law and jurisprudence a child born to U.S. citizens while living or traveling abroad, and a
child born in the geographic United States, had the same legal status. In Tuan Anh Nguyen v. INS,162 the Court explained that a woman who is a U.S. citizen living abroad and expecting a child could re-enter the United States and have the child born “in” the United States, or could stay abroad and not travel back to this country and have the child born abroad, and that the child in either case would have the same status as far as U.S. citizenship:

[T]he statute simply ensures equivalence between two expectant mothers who are citizens
abroad if one chooses to reenter for the child’s birth and the other chooses not to return, or
does not have the means to do so.163

http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42097.pdf

[Bob434]

[[And the Supreme Court probably would disagree with me as well. ]]

The supreme court does disagree=- as per the post above-

[RC one]

according to the Canadian citizenship act of 1947 , Cruz is a NBC of Canada. It should be mentioned that there are some who believe that no statute can actually confer the natural born status as it is a product of nature, not the will of men.

This is discussed in the New Englander and Yale Review Volume 0003 Issue 11 (July 1845) where it is stated:

It is the very essence of the condition of a natural born citizen, of one who is a member of the state by birth within and under it, that his rights are not derived from the mere will of the state.

This is the Canadian citizenship act of 1947 that asserts that Ted is a NBC of Canada:

[txrangerette]

The answer is absolutely NOT. Canada has nothing to do with whether America recognizes Ted Cruz as a natural born citizen of the United States based on the American citizenship of his mother. Canada is irrelevant to the supremacy of American law. Do not for one second think that if someone is a nbc under American law, Canada or any other country’s claim is controlling over our own laws.