On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 15:20, David Megginson wrote: > Tony Peden writes: > > > Is Arnold not a citizen? > > > > "No person except a natural born citizen, > > He is not a natural-born citizen. > > > or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of > > this Constitution, > > He was not a citizen at the time of the adoption of the constitution. > > > shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any > > person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to > > the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident > > within the United States." > > These are additional criteria, not substitute ones. There was a small > controversy when a charity dedicated to getting a woman elected as > president gave money to Jennifer Granholm's gubernatorial campaign in > Michigan: she can never go on to become U.S. president without a > constitutional ammendement, since she was born in Canada. > > As far as I understand, a vice-president who was not born in the > U.S. would have to be passed over in the line of succession if the > president were incapacitated, since the statement refers to holding > the office rather than just being elected to it. So if Arnie were > V.P. and the president were incapacitated, the presidency would go to > the Speaker of the House.
Hmmph .. well that pretty much flies in the face of the melting pot, now doesn't it? > > > All the best, > > > David -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
