You leave out the Congress, and the electors, and the majority of the voters. There is a process laid out. It was followed. It doesn't include a requirement to check birth certificates. That's just the way it is.
Even if there were such a requirement, someone would have to have the job of declaring yes or no on the question. And then you could come back and say they didn't do it right. At some point a decision always has to be made. This is one has been done according to the procedures in place. It's done.
You could argue that the procedure should be different. That in this modern age birth certificates should be checked. Great. I agree. Get a state to pass such a law and it will happen.
Good points! Thanks.
Why was the letter from Old Nasty and the DNC required then?
But there is a requirement to be eligible. The fact that no one checked, doesn't change the requirement, nor does it make an ineligible person able to hold the office.
But there is a requirement to be eligible. The fact that no one checked, doesn't change the requirement, nor does it make an ineligible person able to hold the office.