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Presidential age upper limit
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Presidential age upper limit
The Constitution requires a President to be a minimum of 35 years old, yet has no maximum age.

Could Congress pass legislation to effect a maximum age without having to pass all the hurdles of an amendment? Would it have to be another amendment -- and if so, what do y'all think of its likelihood of passage? How would you urge your congresscritters to vote?

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RE: Presidential age upper limit
I don't care what it takes to get it done, just so long as it gets done.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
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RE: Presidential age upper limit
(July 12, 2024 at 1:10 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The Constitution requires a President to be a minimum of 35 years old, yet has no maximum age.

Could Congress pass legislation to effect  a maximum age without having to pass all the hurdles of an amendment? Would it have to be another amendment -- and if so, what do y'all think of its likelihood of passage? How would you urge your congresscritters to vote?

An amendment like that would prevent the particular problem we're in now, but it wouldn't address the issues which got us here. To prevent future disasters, we'd need 1) free and fair primary elections, and 2) an honest and non-partisan press. 

Remember that four years ago in the primaries Biden was doing badly, and Harris was even worse. Bernie Sanders was polling best, especially in a hypothetical matchup with Trump. Anti-status-quo voters who went for Trump often found Sanders a better choice. 

But when it became clear that Sanders had a real chance, Democratic Party leaders circled the wagons and got his competitors (e.g. Pete What's his name) to drop out and endorse Biden, making sure that the less popular establishment candidate would win. In a free and fair election, there is a very good chance that Sanders would be President now (and he is not senile). 

Second, if the press had been honest, there would have been plenty of time to deal with an aged President. As recently as a month ago, pro-Dem media were claiming that Biden is still sharp as a tack, and even claimed that videos showing his obvious senility were deep fakes. Now the same channels are showing the same videos as evidence of his decline. So if we'd been told the truth from the beginning, there could have been real primary elections this time and a viable candidate could have been found without a panic. (Or if people had been reminded that Biden promised to serve only one term.) 

So a mentally incompetent President would have far less chance if the other problems weren't there.
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RE: Presidential age upper limit
What? You'd expect truth and honesty in politics?
Don't be silly!
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RE: Presidential age upper limit
(July 12, 2024 at 1:10 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The Constitution requires a President to be a minimum of 35 years old, yet has no maximum age.

Could Congress pass legislation to effect  a maximum age without having to pass all the hurdles of an amendment? Would it have to be another amendment -- and if so, what do y'all think of its likelihood of passage? How would you urge your congresscritters to vote?

As much as I know about it (and I'm no expert), placing a restriction on the age of a president would have to be done via an amendment. In theory, it could be done without the congresspersons being involved at all.

I don't fancy the chances.

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RE: Presidential age upper limit
(July 12, 2024 at 3:36 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: What? You'd expect truth and honesty in politics?
Don't be silly!

Sad to say, I don't expect either of those things. The corruption is baked into the system at this point, and it won't get better in our lifetimes.

The sad thing is that people line up into a red team and a blue team, and they deplore the dishonesty on the other side while downplaying equal horror on their own team.
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RE: Presidential age upper limit
(July 12, 2024 at 1:10 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The Constitution requires a President to be a minimum of 35 years old, yet has no maximum age.

Could Congress pass legislation to effect  a maximum age without having to pass all the hurdles of an amendment? Would it have to be another amendment -- and if so, what do y'all think of its likelihood of passage? How would you urge your congresscritters to vote?

That would probably be considered age discrimination, especially by an elder congress. However I'm not opposed to having a law for independent/bipartisan mandatory psychological testing prior to running for president.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Presidential age upper limit
(July 12, 2024 at 7:39 am)brewer Wrote:
(July 12, 2024 at 1:10 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The Constitution requires a President to be a minimum of 35 years old, yet has no maximum age.

Could Congress pass legislation to effect  a maximum age without having to pass all the hurdles of an amendment? Would it have to be another amendment -- and if so, what do y'all think of its likelihood of passage? How would you urge your congresscritters to vote?

That would probably be considered age discrimination, especially by an elder congress. However I'm not opposed to having a law for independent/bipartisan mandatory psychological testing prior to running for president.

Make it a yearly requirement for candidates and sitting presidents.
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(July 12, 2024 at 7:40 am)Angrboda Wrote:
(July 12, 2024 at 7:39 am)brewer Wrote: That would probably be considered age discrimination, especially by an elder congress. However I'm not opposed to having a law for independent/bipartisan mandatory psychological testing prior to running for president.

Make it a yearly requirement for candidates and sitting presidents.

With mandatory complete transparency. No hiding behind HIPPA.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Presidential age upper limit
When you old, fall and break a hippa.
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