Why Not Tim Tebow for President?

DonDiego suggests one also read daviddechenne's post above.

The Constitution specifies a candidate for the Presidency must be a "natural-born citizen", but fails to define the term. It has been interpreted to mean one must be born in the United States. And laws have been passed to include territories and military bases. There is some case law, but some seems to side with the narrow "born in the USA" interpretation and some suggests being born elsewhere of US citizens meeting some other requirements is OK.

If Gov. George W. Romney had done better in the Republican Party primaries in 1968 the question might've been settled. But he didn't, and it wasn't.

Senator McCain was born on a military base in the Panama Canal Zone. Lots of Laws had been passed clearly establishing citizenship for folks born there because of the US Panama Canal involvement, . . . but perhaps not "natural-born" status. The Senate passed a resolution in 2008 recognizing Senator Mccain's eligibility for President; however it probably would not have held up as a legitimate Law overriding the Constitution. Senator McCain lost and the question was not resolved.

Because of statutes pertaining to birthplace and status of one's parents beyond mere citizenship (e.g., the residency requirement mentioned by daciddechenne above), President Obama would not even be a citizen, let alone a "natural-born citizen" if he wasn't born on US soil.

Bottom Line: Mr. Tebow might be a good test case to explicitly define the meaning of Natural-born citizen once he turns 35, in 2022, and runs for President, . . . if the United States is still conducting elections then.

Let's let GOD decide. When the Tebow turns 35, if all of the people running for President drops dead. Tebow wins. If not, let the people vote.

People are still referencing Animal House?

Why not?

They confiscated everything, even the stuff we didn't steal!




TeBowie

Fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son.

J

You can do something about being fat and drunk, stupid is forever.

Just for the record, in order to run for President, you do not terchnically have to be born in the US, you just have to have had US citizenship from birth.

For example, an American lady could be on vacation in Germany and have a child - that child would still be an American and could run for president.

People who cannot run for president are people who gained their US citizenship after birth, Arnold S. as an example.

Maybe, maybe not.

As DonDiego already posted the Constitutional reqiurement is that a President must be a "natural-born citizen", and the question of exactly what that means under Law is unresolved.

And there's Laws concerning citizenship of those born abroad covering the circumstance robsavickis cited:

__"A person born on or after November 14, 1986, is a U.S. citizen if all of the following are true (different rules apply if child was born out-of-wedlock):
The person's parents were married at time of birth
One of the person's parents was a U.S. citizen when the person in question was born
The citizen parent lived at least five years in the United States before the child's birth
A minimum of two of these five years in the United States were after the citizen parent's 14th birthday."

__"For persons born between December 24, 1952 and November 14, 1986, a person is a U.S. citizen if all of the following are true (except if born out-of-wedlock):
The person's parents were married at the time of birth
One of the person's parents was a U.S. citizen when the person was born
The citizen parent lived at least ten years in the United States before the child's birth;
A minimum of 5 of these 10 years in the United States were after the citizen parent's 14th birthday."

__"For persons born out-of-wedlock (mother) if all the following apply:
the mother was a U.S. citizen at the time of the person’s birth and
the mother was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the person’s birth."
(DonDiego isn't sure about the requirements if the father is the US citizen.)

Ref: Wikipedia

n.b.The above Laws apply only to "citizenship"; the requirement that a President be a "natural-born citizen" is an entirely different matter.

n.b.Re: Barack Hussein Obama
item 1 The President was born in 1961, so if he were not born within the United States the 2nd set of Laws above applies. His mother was only 18, therefore if he were not born in the United States he would not be a citizen.
item 2 There is also some question concerning the legality of the marriage of President Obama's parents under US Law.

I don't remember that line in Animal House. Must have been the sequel.



In 1988 former pro QB Jack Kemp was a serious contender for the Republican nomination for President. Turned out he was too conservative for the time, or as it's called today "too moderate".

Why not Oat Willie for President? Really.