Yes, there is a “presidential election” in December with 535 voters - but that’s not what most people mean when they talk about “running for President”.
The question still remains: On whom does the NBC clause act? Does it prohibit a State Legislature from appointing an Elector who says he will vote for an ineligible person? Does it prohibit Congress from counting that vote?
Or does it prohibit a judge from administering the oath of office to an ineligible person?
Interesting stuff.
Yes, these are all interesting legal questions.
We may never get answers to such questions, because it will take someone filing a lawsuit against a particular presidential candidate, with the legal complaint that such candidate is not a natural born citizen, and seeing courts deal with it.
I had heard that someone had tried to file lawsuits over this subject, when Obama ran for president, but that a court dismissed it on some procedural grounds. So that suit never got anywhere.
Who is expected to do their duty in protecting the nation?
I would think the answer should be "all of us."
The state government's shouldn't have let anyone on the ballot without proof of compliance with the NBC clause. The Congress should have rejected any candidate without proof. The Judiciary should have rejected any candidate without proof.
Everyone should have insisted on compliance with the necessary requirements.