I don’t want to take the space to restate your #22—but everyone should read it—it is excellent; and a clear cogent statement of the law as intended by the founders and drafters of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court could come down quite a bit short of this rendition and still hold Obama not eligible. But your statement of the operative principles is very good.
Among other things, in the context of John Dean’s article, it should be recognized that in a national emergency in which it was necessary to consider succession, we need to either look carefully at the Cabinet officials in the context of their eligibility to serve or amend the Constitution to provide the country with a reliable statement of succession.
Thank you!