What it does, however, is offer one of the best ways to indicate complete attachment and loyalty (owed) to the country from birth.
There always have been, are...and will be exceptions to the way people act regardless of their current citizenship status, residency status, age or condition at birth.
The framers were very wise when they put the requirement in. They put the age requirement in, hoping to secure wisdom and experience in the executive branch. Is it possible for someone 30 to have more wisdom and executive related experience than someone 40? Of course. The residency requirement was put in so that the person would have a good understanding of the country, it's people and it's recent events. Does this mean that someone who has resided here only 10 years, moved abroad for 5...then come back will never have as good of an understanding of the countries needs as the former? Again, of course not. These requirements were put in to increase the "odds" of these favorable conditions and qualities in the people seeking the highest office in the country.
| Office | Citizenship | Age | Residency (or years citizen) |
| Commander in Chief | natural born Citizen | 35 | 14 years resident |
| Senator | citizen | 30 | 9 years a citizen |
| Represantative | citizen | 25 | 7 years a citizen |
See an interesting "pattern" to the requirements they chose?
In today's world, we should heed their wisdom...and take it a step or two further. Did you know that during the debates on the ratification for the Constitution, many in the several states wanted to expand the NBC requirement into other offices (include state offices)? At the national level, it was voted down because at the time, most were concerned about the perceived negative affects it would have on immigration to the country. Back then....large, positive immigration into the country was something to attain as...generally speaking, the immigrants were either wealthy, well educated, well spoken, very industrious or all of the above and possibly more.
Count me out for lessening the requirement(s) for the Commander in Chief.
In fact, an argument on the grounds of national security could be made that the age requirement should be raised from 35 and the residency requirement should be increased from 14 years as a hedge against globalism and the anti-sovereignty movement(s).
Sheesh. haha.