Quote Originally Posted by walrus View Post
Kirk, I don't know if you know this but Goldwater, who ran for president was born in Arizona when it was a territory, not a state. McCain may have been born in coco solo or a nearby hospital. The constitution states Natural Born Citizen but does not define. There is a letter betwixt Washington and Jay regarding the issue. Basically, we care getting into constitutional interpretation. Currently, if you are born overseas to us parents you are an american citizen. Could it be brought to the supreme court and fought, yes, but it hasn't, although it was threatened during both Goldwater, McCain and at least one other. Birthrite citizenship of the us could also be argued but at the time being is a accepted

I'm curious kirk, you say Cruz is not an american. Fact being, he is and until the supreme court rules otherwise, he will remain so.
I'm going to go with the considered opinion of the Harvard Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law. A Mexican-Canadian may be the next President.