• donuts@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Not born in the US, so he’s ineligible. Of course he’s also super rich so…

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      1 year ago

      That has never really been tested so there is no guarantee that a republican-held Supreme Court would find this interpretation of the constitution.

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      1 year ago

      That doesn’t make you ineligible. Ted Cruz was born in Canada but could and did run to be a presidential candidate. The rule is:

      Be a natural-born citizen of the United States

      That could mean that one or both of your parents are US citizens giving you a US citizenship at birth. It’s just one more reason the whole Obama birther thing was nonsense, his mom is a US citizen so it wouldn’t matter where he was born.

      That said, Elon also does not meet that requirement.