Quote:*sigh* you get that this is a thread discussing a hypothetical right Min? The fact that it exists in the Constitution doesn't mean we can't discuss whether or not it should exist there.
And how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
Quote: Cruz would only have a problem if both his parents were non-US citizens though.
That is the question. The Supreme Court in US v Wong Kim Ark ruled that a child born to Chinese nationals within the US was a US citizen. It is harder to find cases dealing with the opposite question, namely the status of a child born outside of the US to US parent(s).
I did find Montana v. Kennedy, 1961: Make of it what you will:
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-co...6/308.html
Quote:Petitioner's mother is a native-born citizen of the United States and his father is an Italian citizen who has never been naturalized. They were married in the United States, and their marital relationship has never been terminated. Petitioner was born in Italy in 1906, while his parents were residing there temporarily, and his mother brought him to the United States later in the same year. He has since resided continuously in the United States and has never been naturalized. Held: Petitioner is not a citizen of the United States. -