Post by plutronus on Aug 20, 2020 11:05:49 GMT
Hah hah hah....it just gets more and more....
The truth is it all comes down to the Constitution. And as we all know, different scholars have different opinions.
The 12th Amendment provides that “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.” And Article II of the Constitution specifies that “[n]o person except a natural born citizen…shall be eligible to the office of President,” Eastman writes.
“Her [K. Harris'] father was (and is) a Jamaican national, her mother was from India, and neither was a naturalized U.S. citizen at the time of Harris’ birth in 1964. That, according to these commentators, makes her not a ‘natural born citizen”—and therefore ineligible for the office of the president and, hence, ineligible for the office of the vice president,” he adds....
The 12th Amendment provides that “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.” And Article II of the Constitution specifies that “[n]o person except a natural born citizen…shall be eligible to the office of President,” Eastman writes.
“Her [K. Harris'] father was (and is) a Jamaican national, her mother was from India, and neither was a naturalized U.S. citizen at the time of Harris’ birth in 1964. That, according to these commentators, makes her not a ‘natural born citizen”—and therefore ineligible for the office of the president and, hence, ineligible for the office of the vice president,” he adds....