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To: faucetman

“The only constitutional requirements for eligibility to be president are birth within the United States, being age 35 or above and having 14 years residence in the United States. PERIOD”

And with that statement James has repealed Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.


Actually, I have quoted Article 2, Section 1 exactly and precisely.
But don’t take my word for it, read it for yourself here:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articleii.html


8,482 posted on 08/10/2009 11:46:15 AM PDT by jamese777
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To: jamese777

Clause 5: 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.
http://www.house.gov/house/Constitution/Constitution.html

not a Cornell website, but a government website


8,483 posted on 08/10/2009 12:03:14 PM PDT by faucetman
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