I read that Ted Cruz was born in Canada. I'm not a "birther" and never have been. Doesn't matter. US Bedrock Law declares that anyone running for US Presidency must be naturally born on US soil or outposts. Ted Cruz, no matter how good of a president he would have made...and he would have made a good one I think, has to be born on US soil or outposts.
This is a Constitutional issue that has long been settled in favor of the American citizen born overseas. They are considered natural born Americans for all intents and purposes under US law to include running for President.
So because men and women are equal under the 14th Amedment, a child sired by an American man overseas to a foreign woman raising the child in a foreign country may also become president?
Or was the long-settled question of law only in favor of this arrangement when one of the parents was American maternal, not paternal?
I am no authority, of course, but I dont think gender plays a role. If the child is born outside our state/territorial borders, one parent of adult age MUST be an American citizen for the child to have American citizenship.
I think that should be changed to also include births inside US borders as well.