The United States Supreme Court in Minor did make a direct holding that Mrs. Minor was, in fact, a US citizen. The Court established her citizenship by definining the "class" of "natural-born citizens" as those born in the US to parents who were citizens. Then the Court included Virginia Minor in that class thereby deeming her to be a US citizen. And they did this by specifically avoiding the 14th Amendment and by specifically construing Article 2 Section 1.
Neither the 14th Amendment nor Wong Kim Ark make one a Natural Born Citizen
That debate will kill Cruz. Consensus is that he lost.
Trump is going to win Iowa now and Rubio might get second. If that happens, Cruz will do a slow burn and fade away.
Fail. One set of criteria was determined. Other possible classifications were not affirmatively excluded. The only criteria that interested the Minor court was what applied in that case. Adjudication of one born American on foreign soil was neither addressed nor excluded. Sorry.
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