Closer to the start of primaries, Tribe stated that Cruz’ claim of natural born status was at odds with his other claim of being a Constitutional originalist.
When I was younger, I was taught a person, in order to be a natural born citizen, eligible for President, had to be either born on US soil, or be born to diplomats serving overseas.
Cruz does not meet those criteria.
During the long threads about Obama’s eligibility, I read an article on some legal website. It is turn posted an entire legal opinion, regarding the eligibility of Romney’s father George, when he ran in 1968.
The article concluded he was NOT eligible, since he was born in Mexico to US citizen parents, not to diplomats.
Shoul Cruz gain the nomination, be certain the dems will wisely and cleverly raise doubts, about Cruz.
I don’t claim to know the legal answer. I do know there is no legal precedent, and that no President was born outside the US.
Nor was any President born to even one foreigner parent except Chester Arthur, who lied about when his Ireland born father was naturalized. There were rumors that he lied, and he burned documents. So it was common knowlege then that a president had to have 2 US citizen parents as well as be born on US soil.
Cruz is a young man, he needs to get this cleared up in the courts, if he ever wants to run for President again.