[Menehune56]

So, IOW, a non-Natural Born Citizen (or even a foreigner) CAN run for office, can even be elected to it. But that person can never actually ASSUME the office.

That sounds like exactly what happened in 2008 except we found out there is no mechanism to keep an ineligible candidate from assuming the office, especially when they have the support (or at least not the opposition) of both major parties and the mainstream media. So it looks like we're going to go through this every election now.

[tanknetter]

That sounds like exactly what happened in 2008 except we found out there is no mechanism to keep an ineligible candidate from assuming the office, especially when they have the support (or at least not the opposition) of both major parties and the mainstream media. So it looks like we're going to go through this every election now.

True, the Constitution doesn't specify any sort of centralized mechanism to determine whether a candidate is eligible or not. Under the Federal system, that's really left to the states. To my knowledge, while the states have that power (and responsibility) they haven't really exercised it, other than requiring the parties to certify that their nominees are eligible.

[PA-RIVER]

We farmed out the Oval office to an Indonesian citizen. How pathetic.