RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 4, 2016 at 2:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 4, 2016 at 2:30 pm by Tiberius.)
Another quirk I find weird is that the person in position #2 on the presidential line of succession (i.e. the person who becomes President if the current President and Vice President are unable to serve) is only required to be a U.S. citizen. The Speaker of the House could have been born in any country in the world, immigrated to the U.S., become a citizen, get elected to Congress, become Speaker of the House, and would still not be able to become either President or Vice President if either was unable to serve.
The current Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell should be in 8th place on the presidential line of succession, but because she was born a British citizen she is ineligible. She moved to the U.S. when she was 3!
The current Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell should be in 8th place on the presidential line of succession, but because she was born a British citizen she is ineligible. She moved to the U.S. when she was 3!
