No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this 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.
Considering the 14th is also where the insurrection clause resides, I suspect, the majority of voters don’t exactly adhere too closely to that particular amendment.
Even with a favorable court this would be difficult because of how US elections work. There is nothing saying a naturalized citizen can’t run for president, just that they can’t hold the office.
A party would have to risk nominating an ineligible candidate, and that’s not something primary voters are going to want to do. Until that happens, there is no real mechanism to get a ruling from the courts since there is nobody with standing for a lawsuit.
I mean, this seems pretty cut and dry:
It’s been argued, though notably not in the courts, that this is superceded by the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.
Considering the 14th is also where the insurrection clause resides, I suspect, the majority of voters don’t exactly adhere too closely to that particular amendment.
Even with a favorable court this would be difficult because of how US elections work. There is nothing saying a naturalized citizen can’t run for president, just that they can’t hold the office.
A party would have to risk nominating an ineligible candidate, and that’s not something primary voters are going to want to do. Until that happens, there is no real mechanism to get a ruling from the courts since there is nobody with standing for a lawsuit.
Everyone knows what the current supreme court would make if it.