[Non-Sequitur]

Answer those questions, honestly, and you'll understand why not JUST anybody can hold that unique office.

No, only a natural born U.S. citizen can be president or vice-president. Now answer this question, honestly, and I'll leave you alone. What law lays out the procedure by which a candidate establishes his qualifications for president? What agency is tasked with checking the qualifications and how is it done?

[so_real]

I'll bite.

What law lays out the procedure by which a candidate establishes his qualifications for president?

None. That's why the SCOTUS is involved today. Prior to this election, common sense largely prevailed. Common sense has left the building.

What agency is tasked with checking the qualifications and how is it done?

Department of State for each state in the union as deemed acceptable by the constituency of the state and overseen by the Office of the Secretary.

Bottom line ... the POTUS cannot serve two masters. Having dual citizenship precludes 'natural born' status. Renouncing foreign citizenship, or allowing foreign citizenship to lapse, does not instate a natural born status. It is that simple.

[Free America52]

Non-sequitur - with that last post, I offer you my honest apologies and welcome your newfound cooperation on this board. Thank you very much.

[BP2]

Why would our Framers have the SPECIFIC requirement of the President being a Natural Born Citizen? Just for grins?!

What other Constitutionally-defined office (or heck, any civilian job) that has as a SPECIFIC requirement to be a Natural Born Citizen? (crickets)

Non-Seq, just to be clear, your answer of "No, only a natural born U.S. citizen can be president or vice-president" was NOT an anwser to any of the questions I posed ... Your non-answer speaks volumes...

What law lays out the procedure by which a candidate establishes his qualifications for president? What agency is tasked with checking the qualifications and how is it done?

AH, good questions.

You know, I've heard countless stories of people calling, asking various agencies, "Who checks to see if a candidate is qualified to be President?"

If you call your Secretary of State, he/she may tell you, "the Federal Elections Commission."

Call the FEC, they'll probably tell you, "the candidates' party officials" (e.g., the DNC, RNC, etc). Nobody seems to know for sure, and if they do, they a pretty p!ss-poor job with their "due diligence!"

How did Róger Calero of the Socialist Workers Party, born in Nicaragua in 1969, run for for President in 2004 and 2008 in up to 15 states?
Did his party "establish his qualifications?"
Did the SOS in New York, California and other states verify that Calero could never serve as President?
Who indeed?

Donofrio asked this question before, and after, his lawsuit with the NJ SOS. The SOS's answer was a resounding, "we didn't check Obama's qualification."

Are we to trust the DNC (and the RNC) TRULY vetted their candidates, just like we trusted the SWP with Calero, a candidate who CLEARLY cannot be President?

I don't think I'm going to put that much faith in Howard Dean.