“I think the biggest question is whether or not Ted’s mother gave up her citizenship while in Britain. If in fact she did, as post 38 implies, then Cruz would be British, Not American.”
Actually it makes no difference whether or not Eleanor expatriated her own natural born U.S. citizenship before or after Ted Cruz was born with respect to his eligibility for POTUS, because the U.S. Supreme Court correctly observed no person born abroad and outside the jurisdiction of the United States could acquire natural born citizenship: United State v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649, 18 S.Ct. 456, 42 L.Ed. “A person born out of the jurisdiction of the United States can only become a citizen by being naturalized....” At most Ted Cruz may or may not be a naturalized U.S. citizen, but there is no possible way he can be a natural born citizen of the United States.
The only significance Eleanor’s retention or expatriation of U.S. citizenship can play now is whether or not Ted Cruz is a lawful naturalized citizen or an illegal immigrant from Canada with fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship who is not eligible to be in the U.S. Senate.
Since Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship, about the only place to deport him to would be Cuba. If he can survive the raft trip over here again, we can get the legal process in order for him to be a citizen.