[–] Wwg1wga1972 ago
At least one. But yes, you are correct. she is technically ineligible.No one will touch the subject with a ten foot pole.
[–] SuckaFree ago (edited ago)
So, there seems to be some confusion. Here's the rules:
"be a natural-born U.S. citizen of the United States;
be at least 35 years old;
be a resident in the United States for at least 14 years."
And here's the definition on "natural born citizen:
The natural-born-citizen clause has been mentioned in passing in several decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and by some lower courts that have addressed eligibility challenges, but the Supreme Court has never directly addressed the question of a specific presidential or vice-presidential candidate's eligibility as a natural-born citizen. Many eligibility lawsuits from the 2008, 2012, and 2016 election cycles were dismissed in lower courts due to the challengers' difficulty in showing that they had standing to raise legal objections. Additionally, some experts have suggested that the precise meaning of the natural-born-citizen clause may never be decided by the courts because, in the end, presidential eligibility may be determined to be a non-justiciable political question that can be decided only by Congress rather than by the judicial branch of government."
Pulled from Wikipedia, and I verified it looking at the Constitution.
Those that said I need to do some research need to do some of your own.
Edit: And since this is a matter of Congress, don't expect any of this to change anytime soon.
Edit #2: Here's the info you knuckleheads have misinterpreted as law. It goes back to '12, and earlier really, but clearly states what an Appellate Court's position is. And since it hasn't been argued before the SCOTUS, it's the law of the Land:
"In a 2012 New York case, Strunk v. N.Y. State Board of Elections,[4] the pro se plaintiff challenged Barack Obama's presence on the presidential ballot, based on his own interpretation that "natural born citizen" required the president "to have been born on United States soil and have two United States born parents" (emphasis added). To this the Court responded, "Article II, section 1, clause 5 does not state this. No legal authority has ever stated that the Natural Born Citizen clause means what plaintiff Strunk claims it says. ... Moreover, President Obama is the sixth U.S. President to have had one or both of his parents not born on U.S. soil". The opinion then listed Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, Chester A. Arthur, Woodrow Wilson, and Herbert Hoover."
So, see? Obama wasn't the only President with this question hanging over his head. And he won't be the last, either.
[–] JohnQ-Arkenstone ago
International Lawyer and Law Professor, Emer DeVattel invented the LEGAL term NATURAL-BORN CITIZEN and defined it 262 years ago as a person born of TWO CITIZENS of that nation.
[–] Revodude2 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Yes natural born means two American Citizen parents. We are a blood country, so it doesn't matter where you are born, just who your parents are. What the founders meant by natural born was in the 1790 immigration act. Liberals say that was later replaced, but that does not matter. What matters is what was meant by natural born. It is also obvious that it was meant as a step up from just citizen, or they would have just used the word citizen. In reality, Camel-Toe should not even be a citizen. That is because no one enforced the law. I really hope President Trump is able to get rid of this anchor baby nonsense.
[–] JohnQ-Arkenstone ago
No question that Harris is NOT eligible to be VP, and could never be installed as President in accordance with Article II. Even a NATURALIZED CITIZEN can NEVER legally become President. The definition of NATURAL BORN CITIZEN by the author who INVENTED the LEGAL term, is a person who is born of TWO CITIZENS OF THE SAME NATION. In other words, even if ONE OF YOUR PARENTS IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN YOU ARE STILL NOT ELIGIBLE. Sadly that would even disqualify some of the Trump kids.
It was a well respected International Lawyer by the name of Emer DeVattel who invented the LEGAL term NATURAL BORN CITIZEN which appears in his world renown publication, Law Of Nations 1758.
Emer DeVattel's, 1758 LAW OF NATIONS was HEAVILY consulted by the Founding Fathers who are the authors of the United States Constitution, as such, here is an excerpt from the Law Of Nations;
"§212. Citizens and natives. -The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens."
Emer DeVattel invented the term NATURAL BORN CITIZEN and this term was afterward adopted and incorporated into the Constitution by the Founding Fathers, there is NO mystery here. There will be many politicians and so-called lawyers that will attempt to bring this to SCOTUS to have them interpret the meaning of Natural-Born Citizen even though the legal definition already exists as per how the Founding Fathers understood what it meant when they wrote the Constitution.
These corrupt lawyers and politicians will attempt to use SCOTUS to reconstruct or determine a new definition for Natural-Born Citizen. The fact remains that Emer DeVattel invented the LEGAL term NATURAL-BORN CITIZEN and has already defined it 262 years ago. Precedence and authority of the legal term Natural-Born Citizen must favor the author on the subject matter as the definition appears in Law Of Nations.
[–] SkyeVeritas 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Our Constitution means absolutely nothing to them....evident with the kenyan. If we had our rightful power, none of those criminals would even be allowed to run. It’s a giant FU to we, the people. Most in this country are very ignorant.
[–] nevergiveup2them 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Made or taught to be ignorant by design. Teach your kids well. No one else will.
[–] SkyeVeritas ago
Education has to be taken back to very local levels; I’d like to see it consisting of a very few parents, reminiscent of the one-room school houses.