To: Theodore R.
Article II is as clear as can be:
"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"
To: John Beresford Tipton
But Orrin G. Hatch thinks he is "above" the Constitution on this point: wiser and more compassionate than the Founding "Fathers." I still wonder what people in UT see in this senator, but he is apparently here to stay for many more years?
To: John Beresford Tipton
But there are emanations from the penumbras of the 14th, 13th, 4th, 5th, and 8th Amendments that undoubtedly make it unconstitutional to limit the Presidency to natural born citizens.
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