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What is it about the future perfect (”shall have failed”) that you do not understand?

I said: “I believe it is up to those who doubt a candidate is a natural born citizen to prove he is not natural born. The Constitution does not require a candidate prove he is natural born.”

According to the Constitution (20th Amendment): “if the President elect shall have failed to qualify”

The President elect is the president elected by the electors, not a candidate. Therefore, if a President elect is not a natural born citizen (or at least 35 years of age, or resided in the US for 14 years) “then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified.”

Really you do have difficulty. It will be up to Obama to act (i.e. qualify) once he becomes President-elect which be on or about January 2nd. It is not up to anyone else to do anything. Should he fail to act (qualify) then Biden will act as President when Bush's term expires, at least if the Amendment is adhered to that is.

ML/NJ