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The Constitution of the United States provides several basic requirements for eligibility to be elected to the office of President.Individual states did not introduce significant relevant legislation until the 2008 election of Barack Obama, when a controversy known as the birther movement was promoted by various conspiracy theorists.
The president is directly elected by universal suffrage for a term of six years. Since 1994, no president may be elected for more than two consecutive terms. The president must be a native-born Finnish citizen. The presidential office was established in the Constitution Act of 1919.
The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (codified as 3 U.S.C. § 19) provides that if both the president and vice president have left office or are both otherwise unavailable to serve during their terms of office, the presidential line of succession follows the order of: speaker of the House, then, if necessary, the president pro tempore of the ...
In arguing its terms are legally self-executing, Baude and Paulsen compare the text of Section 3 to the text of the House Qualifications Clause of Article I, Section II, [g] the Senate Qualifications Clause of Article I, Section III, [h] and the Presidential Qualifications Clause of Article II, Section I, [i] in noting that none of the clauses ...
Presidential elections are further regulated by various federal and state laws. Under the 1887 Electoral Count Act, the presidential electors, the members of the Electoral College, the body that directly elects the president, must be "appointed, in each state, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year". Thus ...
The most qualified presidential candidates in US history. We've been asking AI a lot of political questions lately — like how would it rate Donald Trump's presidency or Joe Biden's presidency.
Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the de facto Democratic nominee for this year’s presidential race has kindled online debate over the proper way to address the candidate.
The president decides whether to recognize new nations and new governments, [51] and negotiate treaties with other nations, which become binding on the United States when approved by two-thirds of the Senate. The president may also negotiate executive agreements with foreign powers that are not subject to Senate confirmation. [52]