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Immigrants, young people, and everyone else should be allowed to run.
The constitutional prohibition on people under the age of 35 serving as president is just one of these weird lacuna that was handed down to us from the 18th century but that nobody would seriously propose creating today if not for status quo bias. Realistically, most people that young would simply have a hard time winning an election. But if you can pull it off, you should be allowed. And I kind of think Alexandria Ocasio Cortez should run for president.
We should fix the Constitution ASAP.
Immigrants, like 20-somethings, are constitutionally barred from serving. At the time this was in the news, almost nobody actually defended the prohibition (because it’s ridiculous), but nobody in politics lifted a finger to do anything about it. In part, that was laziness, but in part, it was too clear any change would specifically benefit Schwarzenegger — something neither Democrats nor right-wingers really wanted to do.
The process of amending the Constitution is extremely cumbersome, requiring both supermajorities in Congress and ratification by a staggering 75 percent of the states. But there’s no time like the present to start working to abolish arbitrary qualifications and letting any eligible voter run for president any time he or she wants to.
https://www.vox.com/2018/12/12/18134945/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-president
There’s nothing wrong with old people per se, but essentially everyone has lost a step or two both mentally and physically by their mid-70s.
I won't vouch for everything that the person said in the article, certainly this statement:
That's not always true, bit ageist in my opinion.
But having said that, what would be wrong with a citizen, that happens to be younger than 35 and who is an immigrant, running for office?
Would it be so bad?
If that's what people MAY want as their Leader, shouldn't it be up to the people to decide?
I mean America did elect a person with a mental age well below 35, so it isn't a stretch to elect someone who is actually, physically under the age of 35.
And there is no evidence whatsoever, to suggest that inherently someone would be a better President simply because they, by chance, happened to come out of a *****, screaming within American territory, there's no reason why an immigrant with citizenship status shouldn't be able to run... After all, there can be greater zeal in a convert.
It's no surprise that the left hates American standards for who we allow to run for office. They've always been quasi patriotic, but mostly hate America and its institutions. Which is why I research the backgrounds of such people who blatantly want to irrevocably change how we do things.
Matthew Yglesias co-founded Vox.com with Ezra Klein and Melissa Bell back in the spring of 2014. His paternal grandfather was of Spanish-Cuban background, and his three other grandparents were of Eastern European Jewish descent.
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https://www.vox.com/authors/matthew-yglesias
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Yglesias
It's no surprise that the left hates American standards for who we allow to run for office. They've always been quasi patriotic, but mostly hate America and its institutions. Which is why I research the backgrounds of such people who blatantly want to irrevocably change how we do things.
Matthew Yglesias co-founded Vox.com with Ezra Klein and Melissa Bell back in the spring of 2014. His paternal grandfather was of Spanish-Cuban background, and his three other grandparents were of Eastern European Jewish descent.
EST.
https://www.vox.com/authors/matthew-yglesias
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Yglesias
It's no surprise that the left hates American standards for who we allow to run for office. They've always been quasi patriotic, but mostly hate America and its institutions. Which is why I research the backgrounds of such people who blatantly want to irrevocably change how we do things.
Matthew Yglesias co-founded Vox.com with Ezra Klein and Melissa Bell back in the spring of 2014. His paternal grandfather was of Spanish-Cuban background, and his three other grandparents were of Eastern European Jewish descent.
EST.
https://www.vox.com/authors/matthew-yglesias
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Yglesias
Matthew Yglesias co-founded Vox.com with Ezra Klein and Melissa Bell back in the spring of 2014. His paternal grandfather was of Spanish-Cuban background, and his three other grandparents were of Eastern European Jewish descent.
I don't support that idea at all. But please, don't let it deter you from your mission to paint "radical leftists". (aka ALL people in the Democratic Party according to TAAC)
I'm still wondering about that crisis of conscience you suffered a few months ago, wherein you pledged not to act like such a vindictive ass from now on. I guess all that is forgotten.
Yes, WE LEFTISTS want Muslim terrorists from ISIS to run for POTUS. When's Abu-bakr al Baghdadi going to announce?
We the RADICAL LEFTISTS HATE AMERICA!!
Keep telling those whoppers, it helps your credibility, said NO ONE EVER.
Historically, the ban on immigrants in the constitution was to keep Alexander Hamilton from being president. Today, there are numerous otherwise qualified immigrants who are loyal citizens. As we have learned, being a native born citizen is no guarantee that a president would not be sympathetic to a hostile foreign power. Suggesting that anyone pointing out that fact is unpatriotic is unpatriotic itself.
What does Matthew Yglesias’ heritage matter?
Well, I disagree with that conclusion.Vox Co-Founder: "Anybody should be allowed to run for President"
Daaaaaang... that was ever so clever.Maybe anyone 'should' be allowed, but the problem is if the voters choose 'just anyone' like some buffoonish TV reality host who can't tie his own laces....oh, wait.
Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis, which isn’t in the U.S., and therefore made him ineligible to be president.This is incorrect. Hamilton was eligible to be president.
The ban on immigrants was to make sure of loyalty to the country and to prevent an easy take over by another country
Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis, which isn’t in the U.S., and therefore made him ineligible to be president.
I won't vouch for everything that the person said in the article, certainly this statement:
That's not always true, bit ageist in my opinion.
But having said that, what would be wrong with a citizen, that happens to be younger than 35 and who is an immigrant, running for office?
Would it be so bad?
If that's what people MAY want as their Leader, shouldn't it be up to the people to decide?
I mean America did elect a person with a mental age well below 35, so it isn't a stretch to elect someone who is actually, physically under the age of 35.
And there is no evidence whatsoever, to suggest that inherently someone would be a better President simply because they, by chance, happened to come out of a *****, screaming within American territory, there's no reason why an immigrant with citizenship status shouldn't be able to run... After all, there can be greater zeal in a convert.
That view isn't as clear-cut as one may seem, as written about in this article from the Columbia Law School, which states that his citizenship under the Articles of the Confederation are ambiguous.Read the constitution
"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."
Hamilton became a citizen on July 4, 1776, but nobody was in the room when it happened.
Daaaaaang... that was ever so clever.
Graduated to velcro yet, have ya? Or still just doing the flip flops and slip ons?
I'm nominating my 5 week old granddaughter for President. Anyone not with me is a bigot.
It's no surprise that the left hates American standards for who we allow to run for office. They've always been quasi patriotic, but mostly hate America and its institutions. Which is why I research the backgrounds of such people who blatantly want to irrevocably change how we do things.
Matthew Yglesias co-founded Vox.com with Ezra Klein and Melissa Bell back in the spring of 2014. His paternal grandfather was of Spanish-Cuban background, and his three other grandparents were of Eastern European Jewish descent.
EST.
https://www.vox.com/authors/matthew-yglesias
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Yglesias
I'm nominating my 5 week old granddaughter for President. Anyone not with me is a bigot.
Dood dood dood...1. Discuss the issues, not me. Every time.
2. Or to put it another way, we can open up the field to just anyone but that leaves open the possibility of an unqualified populist running and getting in, then flailing about because they don't really know what to do in government. It's democratic, but is it smart?
3. As for nationality and age requirements, I don't see what's wrong with a naturalized citizen. Schwarzenegger might have run after his governorship if it had been possible and he wouldn't have been incompetent. The electorate might be less likely to go with an accent though.
4. Age? it's 35 at the moment which is fairly young. It's unlikely someone would come out of the blue at 25 and pick up a following among voters of all age groups. It is possible that they could get into congress in their late twenties and early thirties and build up the chops to run, but they'd be near enough 35 by then anyway, so I dunno.
Agreed. I expect she'd do at least as good a job as your current president, so why not.
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