[Windflier]

I have always thought that a Trump Cruz ticket would be great.despite all the fighting between them I still think it would make a great winning ticket

Ted's got the NBC question hanging over his head. Unless that's resolved by no less than the Supreme Court, he's getting nowhere close to the Oval Office. Not even as VP, who must also be eligible.

[JoSixChip]

Ted's got the NBC question hanging over his head. Unless that's resolved by no less than the Supreme Court, he's getting nowhere close to the Oval Office. Not even as VP, who must also be eligible.

That is my belief as well and the same for rubio. How the heck are these guys even in this race without having that resolved. It shows a complete lack of respect for voters to run for office without having this resolved.

[blueplum]

I don’t think we need the Supremes. It’s pretty much spelled out here, isn’t it?:

https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-parents

“In a general, a Child Born Outside the U.S. is a Citizen at Birth when the Child’s Parents Are Married to each other at the Time of Birth
IF...”One parent is a U.S. citizen at the time of birth and the birthdate is on or after November 14, 1986

AND... “The U.S. citizen parent had been physically present in the U.S. or its territories for a period of at least five years at some time in his or her life prior to the birth”
(This INS pages seems to say that the birthdate of the child can be before 1986 only if the mother is “not married”.)

Another scenario:

A Child Born Outside the U.S. is a Citizen after Birth
IF…”The child was under 18 from December 24, 1952 to February 26, 2001”
AND...”The child was residing as a Green Card holder in the U.S. and both parents naturalized before the child’s 18th birthday”