Posted on 01/03/2014 12:16:29 PM PST by SoConPubbie
“The Constitutional definition for Natural born citizen requires that both parents be U.S. citizens at birth, ...”
I wish. Unfortunately there is no “Constitutional definition” for Natural Born Citizen. That was a major frustration when SCOTUS wouldn’t take any of the Obama eligibility challenges.
“Both parents” was the definition of de Vattell in “The Law of Nations,” but it does not appear in the Constitution of the United States, The Justices of the Supreme Court seem content to have it stay that way.
My guess would be that his parents never thought to tell him -- or gave it any thought themselves.
Cruz probably grew up thinking he was a US citizen who, incidentally, had been born in Calgary, Alberta -- unaware that he was entitled to Canadian citizenship, at age 18 (or 21), if he wanted it.
The matter becomes an issue, I suppose, only if you're going to run for President -- and run immediately after somebody with Obama's curious history.
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