It Takes Chutzpah

I wonder if proof that his mother had sworn allegiance to Canada would wipe
that smug look off his face... (Source: Newsweek)

Leave it to Ted Cruz to believe that he is actually eligible to serve as President of the United States, in spite of having a Canadian birth certificate and dual citizenship:

Ted Cruz has never renounced his Canadian citizenship, so if things don't go well for him
here, he's always got a place to stay north of the border.Source: mrconservative.com

By his logic, since his mother was born in Delaware, that makes him a "natural born" citizen of the United States. EXCEPT, for some reason, his mother applied for and received Canadian citizenship during the time she was living in Canada, along with her Cuban-born husband.

Source: Newsweek

Clearly, the "natural born citizen" clause must be clarified by the courts, as it has wide-ranging implications. Are the children born to a foreign mother in the United States temporarily (or illegally), automatically U.S. citizens upon birth? The answer is not at all clear. It would seem to me that the child is whatever the parents are, independent of the geography of the live birth. The courts have already held that the children of diplomatic attaches on assignment in the States are NOT eligible for U.S. citizenship because the parents have a sworn allegiance to another nation and not to the United States. For me, the same logic applies to foreign nationals who come to the U.S. to give birth in order to imbue their offspring with U.S. citizenship.

So, it seems that Ted Cruz was born in Canada to two parents who had both sworn allegiance to Canada at the time of his birth, which seems to me to be WHOLLY AND COMPLETELY INADEQUATE to justify eligibility to hold the highest elected office in the land.