The why did Congress try and change eligibility to be President 8 times recently and fail? Must be a real stupid Congress....
....It will also be necessary to note as part of historical record from June 2003 to Feb. 2008, Congress made 8 attempts to remove from Article II Section I the “natural born citizen” clause, both Republicans and Democrats. The Bill numbers and dates are as follows:
HJR 59 June 11, 2003 Sponsor: Vic Snyder (D)
HJR 67 Sept 2, 2003 Sponsor: John Conyers (D)
SB 2128 Feb 25, 2004 Sponsor: Don Nichols (R)
HJR 104 Sept 15, 2004 Sponsor: Dana Rohrabacher (R)
HJR 42 Jan 4, 2005 Sponsor: John Conyers (D)
HJR 15 Feb 1, 2005 Sponsor: Dana Rohrabacher (R)
HJR 42 April 14, 2005 Sponsor: Vic Snyder (D)
SB 2678 Feb 28, 2008 Sponsor: Claire McCaskill (D) Co-sponsor: Barack Obama (D)
After being unable to remove or alter the natural born citizen clause Article II Section I Clause V from the U.S. Constitution, the Senate went forth with Senate Resolution 511 on April 10, 2008 sponsored by Claire McCaskill and with Barack Obama as a co-sponsor. This Resolution, http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:S.RES.511 though non-binding addressed John McCain and the natural born citizen clause, concluded a natural born citizen “was born to American citizens”. Furthermore, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on April 3, 2008 Senator Leahy asked Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, himself a former Federal judge, if he had doubts that McCain was eligible to serve as President. Mr. Chertoff replied “My assumption and my understanding is that if you are born of American parents, you are naturally-a natural born American citizen.” “That is mine, too,” said Leahy..... http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SecurityOver/start/2279/stop/2370.
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Your post is silly.
OF COURSE Congress should explain their reasoning in these matters.
By the way? The decisions of Congress DO carry the weight of law, when done in this manner.