Legal Question in Constitutional Law in California

Becoming President

Two U.S. Citizens are vacationing in England. A baby was born from the female. That makes the baby a U.S. citizen. My quesstion is that, can the baby become president when he grows up?


Asked on 11/30/00, 10:36 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

Re: Becoming President

Yes. Article II, Section One of the United States Constitution provides, in pertinent part, that "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." Thus, provided that the baby you describe relocates to the United States, resides there for fourteen years and passes his or her thirty-fifth birthday (not necessarily in that order), he or she would be eligible to become President.

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Answered on 12/03/00, 11:52 pm


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