WASHINGTON -- Update 12:00p
We've received calls about the qualifications to be the president of the United States of America, we wanted to make sure our readers are well informed, so here are the requirements straight from the Constitution. We've also included the section of the 14th Amendment that guarantees people born in the United States Citizenship.
We invite you to see for yourself, just look here.
From Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America:
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.
AMENDMENT XIV
Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.
Note: Article I, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 2 of the 14th amendment.
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.AMENDMENT XIV
Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.
Originally posted Wednesday morning
The White House has released the long form of President Barack Obama's birth certificate in response to questions about whether he was really born in the U.S.
The certificate, released Wednesday, says Obama was born in Hawaii, which makes him eligible to hold the office of president. Obama had earlier released a standard short form, but requested copies of his original birth certificate from Hawaii officials this week in hopes of quieting the controversy.
White House spokesman Jay Carney says Obama felt the debate over his birthplace had become a "sideshow" that was bad for the country and political debate.
So-called "birthers" opposed to Obama have kept the issue alive. Potential presidential candidate Donald Trump recently began questioning why Obama hadn't ensured the long form was released.
