Breitbart Continues Birther Attacks On Ted Cruz

Over at Trump World Headquarters the relentless birther attacks on Ted Cruz have this morning’s top headline. From the Los Angeles Times column they approvingly excerpt:

The principle of jus sanguinis in 1788 applied to patrilineal descent only: A person born in a foreign country was viewed as a “natural born Citizen” of his or her father’s country.

However odious it seems today, a child born of a woman whose citizenship was different from her husband’s — much rarer then than today — could not be a “natural born Citizen” of the mother’s country. That idea wasn’t even considered until 1844 in Victorian England.

The upshot is that to an originalist, someone like Cruz — born in a foreign country (and therefore not a natural born citizen of the United States by jus soli) and to a Cuban citizen father (and therefore not a natural born citizen of the United States by jus sanguinis ) — is not eligible to be president.

A few days ago Breitbart called on Donald Trump to sue Cruz over the issue and settle it once and for all.