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Natural-born-citizen clause (United States)
Clause of the US Constitution specifying natural born US citizenship to run for President
Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for holding the office of president or vice president. This requirement was intended to protect the nation from foreign influence.
The U.S. Constitution uses but does not define the phrase "natural born Citizen" and various opinions have been offered over time regarding its exact meaning. The consensus of early 21st-century constitutional and legal scholars, together with relevant case law, is that natural-born citizens include, subject to exceptions, those born in the United States. As to those born elsewhere who meet the legal requirements for birthright citizenship, the consensus emerging as of was that they also are natural-born citizens.
The first nine presidents and the 12th president, Zachary Taylor, were all citizens at the adoption of the constitution in , with all being born within the territory held by the United States and recognized in the Treaty of Paris. All presidents who have served since were born in the United States. Of the 45 individuals who became president, there have been eight that had at least one parent who was not born on U.S. soil.
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 , , and election cycles were dismissed in lower courts due to the challengers' difficulty in showing that they had standing to raise legal objection
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Kamala Harris, former Vice President Joe Biden&#;s running mate, is eligible to serve as U.S. president, contrary to the false claims of viral posts on Facebook. Her mother is from India and her father from Jamaica &#; but Harris was born in Oakland, California.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, announced on Twitter on Aug. 11 that his vice presidential running mate is California Sen. Kamala Harris.
But multipleposts on Facebook falsely claim that &#; in the event Biden is unable to serve out his term &#;Harris is ineligible to serve as president because she’s an “anchor baby” whose parents are immigrants.
Days before Biden had even announced his choice of running mate, the posts said: &#;Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris as his VP.&#; The posts go on to claim, &#;If crazy Joe cannot serve his full term, Kamala cannot by constitutional law become President. She is an anchor baby, mother is from India, father is Jamaican, and neither were american citizens at time of her birth. That means the Presidency would fall on Speaker of the house. Recently Nancy Pelosi stated that she was next in line to become President. THAT in itself is reason to vote her out in November. Democrats have worked the whole scenario out and I believe that is why they chose Kamala Harris.”
In an email to , Josh Chafetz, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center who specializes in constitutional law, described the Facebook posts as “racist nonsense.”
Chafetz explained: “To serve as president, one must be at least 35 years old, have been a resident of the United States for at least 14 years, and be a &#;natural born Citizen&#; (Article II, sec. 1 of the Constitution). Additionally, one cannot have already been president for more than a term and a half (22nd Amendment).”
As we’ve reported before, Harris, whose mother is from India and whose father is from Jamaica, was born in Oakland, California, which makes her The president of the United States is the: The 47th and current president of the United States is Donald John Trump. He was sworn into office on January 20, The United States has had 46 former U.S. presidents. Read about past presidents and vice presidents. Many former presidents have presidential libraries and museums you can visit to learn about their lives and their time in office. Find presidential libraries and museums. According to Article II of the U.S. Constitution, the president must: Learn about the U.S. presidential election process. . Presidents, vice presidents, and first ladies
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