I agree. The "natural born" phrase in the late 1700's would clearly have been interpreted as "father is a LOYAL citizen". Today it means nothing, but a case could be made for Obama and Ted Cruz, in both cases the mother is a citizen - Obama supposedly born in Hawaii probably makes it, Cruz born in Canada, it seems as long as mother is a citizen you are natural born. In the 1960's the citizen parent had to act to register the child with State Dept. or the child would NOT be a citizen. Kummala is an anchor baby - she was born here while her parents were here temporarily with no intent to become citizens - not "subject to the jurisdiction of ..". They lived in Canada for a while then came back - the anchor baby helped them get back in. How that can be a natural-born citizen escapes me, but it has been clearly demonstrated that the Constitution is a pretty piece of penmanship work today but no one can decipher the markings.
It’s possible she is ineligible. Enter piglosi.
I agree. The "natural born" phrase in the late 1700's would clearly have been interpreted as "father is a LOYAL citizen". Today it means nothing, but a case could be made for Obama and Ted Cruz, in both cases the mother is a citizen - Obama supposedly born in Hawaii probably makes it, Cruz born in Canada, it seems as long as mother is a citizen you are natural born. In the 1960's the citizen parent had to act to register the child with State Dept. or the child would NOT be a citizen. Kummala is an anchor baby - she was born here while her parents were here temporarily with no intent to become citizens - not "subject to the jurisdiction of ..". They lived in Canada for a while then came back - the anchor baby helped them get back in. How that can be a natural-born citizen escapes me, but it has been clearly demonstrated that the Constitution is a pretty piece of penmanship work today but no one can decipher the markings.
Sad but true. The language is quite clear but has been twisted to a mangled heap of what it once was.
I can’t believe I have never heard this before.
You are wrong. Originalism implies that Ted Cruz is NOT a natural born citizen. He was naturalized at birth and there is a difference. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-lee-is-ted-cruz-eligible-to-be-president-20160110-story.html
You cannot be "naturalized at birth", you either have citizenship at birth or you don't.
A downright scary thought...