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To: curiosity
Article III, Sec. 2:

"In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact..."

If a case was brought to the SCOTUS regarding a person's Constitutional eligibility for office, they would be the deciding authority.

171 posted on 04/13/2011 9:29:19 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack
If a case was brought to the SCOTUS regarding a person's Constitutional eligibility for office, they would be the deciding authority.

Sorry, but the quoted article doesn't give SCOTUS the power to determine eligibilty, nor does it give it power to remove a sitting president.

173 posted on 04/13/2011 10:00:46 AM PDT by curiosity
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To: Joe 6-pack

Your quote does not say what you believe it does. It is not speaking of the president.


177 posted on 04/13/2011 10:10:50 AM PDT by arrogantsob
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