The third requirement to be President, one few people think about, is where Michelle O. comes up short. You must be a resident “within the united states” for 14 years before you’re eligible. Why she doesn’t qualify is partly how she was raised but mostly of her own doing.
As a child, Michelle Obama’s legal residence was in the British Virgin Islands. Her parents kept it that way so she would be eligible for immigrant status and special consideration for schooling.
Between birth and age 22, when she graduated college, Michelle Obama had only racked up two years of legal, US residency.
After college, in order to avoid paying taxes, she kept an address in the Cayman Islands from which she filed all of her tax returns. Therefore, none of the years between the time she graduated and the time she became First Lady count either.
While in the White House, the Obamas filed joint returns, giving her another seven years of residency. At nine years of residency, she is ineligible to be president.
She will qualify in 2021, meaning she will miss the next cycle.
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Gah! Lost the link... no sauce...and not sure how this applies if she starts as Veep.
Re: Michelle:
She will qualify in 2021, meaning she will miss the next cycle.
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Gah! Lost the link... no sauce...and not sure how this applies if she starts as Veep.
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Not sure about all the residency issues but -
Someone posted a few days back about a scenario in which Hillary was at the head of the ticket and Obama as the veep candidate. The original poster said that Obama would not be eligible to be the veep candidate because he couldn’t serve again as president. Same reasoning goes for Michelle because she couldn’t step in as pres. (due to residency status) if ineligible at the time of the election.
Gah! Lost the link... no sauce...and not sure how this applies if she starts as Veep.
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As Veep, she will have to eligible from day 1 in case Biden has a stroke or something and dies right after the inauguration.
More likely that those pushing for the Wookie would argue that living in the USA regardless of official residence would qualify to satisfy the 14 yrs.
she physically lived here...how does she get around immigration stuff ?
how does one turn legal residency on and off?
this one seems a little sketchy