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I've been thinking theoretically. Assume Cruz is a "natural born citizen". That would mean that if the wife of the Tsarnov maniac of Boston Marathon fame had been pregnant and moved to Toronto and had his child, that child would be a natural born citizen, even if Tsarnov had never been naturalized?

It's a wild parallel, for sure. But it pretty much describes Cruz's situation.

It depends on whether or not she was a US citizen when she moved to Canada.

Why had she gone to Canada?

Was she fleeing because of illegal activity, such has having allegiance to a foreign power that was wanting to cause the USA harm?

Mrs. Cruz was in Canada for legal reasons.

I've been thinking theoretically. Assume Cruz is a "natural born citizen". That would mean that if the wife of the Tsarnov maniac of Boston Marathon fame had been pregnant and moved to Toronto and had his child, that child would be a natural born citizen, even if Tsarnov had never been naturalized? It's a wild parallel, for sure. But it pretty much describes Cruz's situation.

What in the world does this contrived scenario have to do with the price of beans?

That makes a good point. I’m not a legal scholar of the Constitution. However, it is my observation that there was developed early in our nation’s history a definite idea of what a Natural Born Citizen is:

The Naturalization Act of 1790 provided that “the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens: Provided, That the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States . . . .” This expanded the class of citizens at birth to include children born abroad of citizen mothers as long as the father had at least been resident in the United States at some point.

Was Senator Cruz’s father a resident of the United States? Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada, when his parents were running a seismic-data processing firm for oil drillers. It was there Ted’s father, Rafael, became a Canadian citizen. Previously, Rafael obtained political asylum in the United States after his four-year student visa expired. Rafael renounced his Canadian citizenship and, in 2005, became a naturalized U.S. citizen. So, Rafael had been a resident of the United States. However, will his Canadian citizenship be a larger factor?

I've been thinking theoretically. Assume Cruz is a "natural born citizen". That would mean that if the wife of the Tsarnov maniac of Boston Marathon fame had been pregnant and moved to Toronto and had his child, that child would be a natural born citizen, even if Tsarnov had never been naturalized? It's a wild parallel, for sure. But it pretty much describes Cruz's situation.

So you are saying that Rafael Cruz is a murdering bomb throwing terrorist? If not, please use another example, or stand exposed as an *sshole.