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.
they may only assume the office if they are eligible.
Meaning that if you were alive in the 1700’s prior to the Constitution being written, you could run. After that, you had to be born here or born to a citizen at least 21. Right?
Meaning that if you were alive in the 1700’s prior to the Constitution being written, you could run. After that, you had to be born here or born to a citizen at least 21. Right?