[Salvavida]

WRONG. You don't know the naturalization process, do you?

Ted never went through that process because he was born a natural U.S. citizen due to a parent. My wife on the other hand, is a naturalized citizen. That is the difference.

[GBA]

Ted Cruz had to give up his Canadian citizenship.

Ted is a Canadian born citizen, not a natural born American.

[Kenny]

Cruz was born a U.S. citizen by law, not natural. Again, definition of naturalized:

A naturalized citizen is a person who was born an alien, but has lawfully become a citizen of the United States under the U.S. Constitution and laws.

Cruz was born an alien but made a citizen through law (Congress).

[PJBankard]

Article 1 Section 8. Says that Congress will defines the laws for Naturalization. Any naturalization law passed by Congress that grants citizenship is exactly what Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution says it is, Naturalization. This isn't hard. You assume that naturalization is limited only to the process that immigrants to this country must participate in to become citizens. That process is defined within the naturalization laws, along with other means of becoming naturalized.

[Lower55]

” he was born a natural U.S. citizen due to a parent.”

Correct. Except for the Natural part.

[King of Florida]

Actually, if you read the entire article -- which few here have apparently done -- you'll see that Professor Clinton is making the argument that citizenship acquired by dint of being born abroad to at least one U.S. citizen parent is legislatively conferred citizenship, and is the equivalent of citizenship through naturalization -- which is also legislatively conferred.

Thus, according to Clinton, because people like Cruz, McCain, and George Romney weren't "born . . . in the United States" under the 14th Amendment's definition of citizenship, they must be considered to have been "naturalized in the United States" under the 14th Amendment, i.e., their citizenship was conferred legislatively.

At least that's the argument. Is it correct? You can argue all you want. SCOTUS has never decided the issue.