Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. - Art. III sec 3
The Constitution here specifies what constitutes Treason. The question of whether a person’s acts meet these specifications is determined by the Judiciary.
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. - Art. II sec 1
The Constitution here specifies eligibility requirements. The question of whether a person meets these specifications is determined by the Judiciary.
There is nothing there that I particularly disagree with after a casual reading other than:
The Constitution here specifies eligibility requirements. The question of whether a person meets these specifications is determined by the Judiciary.
Show me where this is enumerated and if you can’t show me where you think it is plausibly inferred.
And if you show me an inference, I’ll show you a stronger inference that say’s otherwise.
The point about treason is that it is an oddity in that the Judiciary convicts, Congress Sentences.
Which infers a degree of “treasonous”. As they [Congress] can decide to remove and execute him, or give him 100 hours of changing bed pans at Bethesda Navy Hospital.
There is NOTHING in the Constitution, and NOTHING in any statute whatsoever that specifies HOW or BY WHOM a person’s eligibility for the Presidency is to be determined.
The matter has been left entirely up to the general public.