Magic 8 Ball Will they Legalize it for a Person born who is not born in The USA to Run for President ?

Question

Magic 8 Ball Will they Legalize it for a Person born who is not born in The USA to Run for President ?

Answer 1

Not a chance.  Not only would they have to legalize it, but they would have to amend the Constitution, which is an extremely difficult thing to do.

Answer 2

Depends on what you mean.

Article 2 of the Constitution requires a President:

be a natural-born citizen of the United States;

be at least thirty-five years old;

have been a permanent resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.

So someone who's a naturalized citizen cannot be President.

Someone born on a US military base or in an embassy overseas, and hence a "natural born citizen" could be President provided they've lived in the US long enough.

Answer 3

I doubt you get the momentum on the issue to amend the Constitution.

Answer 4

It's not that it's ILLEGAL; it's UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Thus, it would take a Constitutional Amendment -- which is hard to do. Recently, we've resisted more amendments. Even on issues people feel strongly. (For instance, even though a majority of American oppose g*y marriage, they also oppose an Amendment that would prohibit it.)

There's no need to, it seems to me. We're a big country; surely we can supply decent people for that job.

Answer 5

Indigo is right, the %s needed to amend the constitution are close to impossible these days.  In addition, most voters want their president to be a U.S. born citizen.  

If it was ever going to happen then it would've been in the early 1900's when there was such a huge immigration from Europe.