BREAKING: Top legal scholar says Cruz's eligibility "murky and unsettled"

[SteveRogers]

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Well a "genuine originalist" can think that, but the precedent is pretty clear: George Romney's eligiblity to be President was never ruled out despite him being born in Mexico to two US parents. It's tough to argue that only having one like Cruz did makes a difference.

I suspect that from here on forever courts will interpret the natural born clause as loosely and permissively as possible because: 1-it's pretty outdated and only remains as an artifact because repealing it would be so difficult and 2-the Birthers have made the whole thing look ridiculous and insane. If the Supreme Court ever rules on this (not likely they'd ever take a case even), they'd rule unanimously, bank it.

You seriously think Thomas and Scalia would sign on to nixing the natural-born citizen clause?

Lol no, they'd just be giving the clause the common sense interpretation of being synonymous with "citizen at birth." Arnold Schwarzenegger still wouldn't be able to run for president. 

[SteveRogers]

I've been thinking about this over the past few days, and the whole Canada thing could blow up into a huge issue for Cruz. Not because of the eligibility question (he's clearly eligible), but because he was a Canadian citizen until 2014, when he was 43 years old. Which raises a large number of questions: has he ever traveled with a Canadian passport? Has he ever voted in a Canadian election? Does he have property or bank accounts in Canada? Has he ever used Free Socialist Canadian healthcare? Now, none of these are disqualifying, but they do raise foreign influence and foreign preference concerns. His family moved to Texas when he was four years old, so it's likely the answer to most of these questions is no, but these are still questions that political operatives are surely looking into at this very moment.

How is he clearly eligible?  He was born in Canada.

Because he was unquestionably born a U.S. citizen.