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To: Pearls Before Swine

This is what the Constitution of the United States, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 says:

“No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.?

That is all the Constitution has to say regarding this situation.


14 posted on 10/27/2011 9:04:08 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: New Jersey Realist
... a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution...

So a "Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution" is not the same as a "natural born Citizen".

And to be elected to Congress one must be a "citizen" as opposed to a "natural born Citizen" to be elected President.

Why do you suppose the different terms were used. Were the founders merely sloppy?

40 posted on 10/27/2011 9:49:14 AM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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