U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause

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Boru may well be right on that one, Rhythm.

In 1951, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit noted in Zimmer v. Acheson that "[t]here are only two classes of citizens of the United States, native-born citizens and naturalized citizens", quoting a dictum by Justice Gray from United States v. Wong Kim Ark and Elk v. Wilkins.[6] The court ruled that Zimmer, who was born abroad in 1905 to a U.S. citizen father and a noncitizen mother, was himself a citizen under the nationality law in force at the time of his birth, but "his status as a citizen was that of a naturalized citizen and not a native-born citizen".[

Cruz' situation is slightly reversed from Zimmer in that his mother was a citizen and his father was not.  But that only makes Cruz a "naturalized" citizen which, sadly, is what Trump is saying.

Once again, I find it hysterical that the bullshit that the right-wing nuts tried to unleash on Obama is actually more appropriate to the King of Sleaze.