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Requirements for the Presedent are diffrent than that of a Senator. Place of birth does not matter for the House or Senate. Only need to be a US citizen. For
by frozen11b 8y ago
Requirements for the Presedent are diffrent than that of a Senator.
Place of birth does not matter for the House or Senate. Only need to be a US citizen.
For the President it's a "higher standard" you must be a native born Citizen.
- ghaff 8y ago"Natural born" citizen. Which isn't 100% defined and legal scholars can and do argue the edge cases based on lots of things including very old British common law antecedents. The consensus seems to equal citizen from birth although some disagree.
- wool_gather 8y agoTed Cruz was a candidate for U.S. President two years ago.
- InitialLastName 8y agoTed Cruz has run for president in the past. "No Person except a natural born Citizen ... shall be eligible to the Office of President" Natural born means "citizen at birth", not "born in the US"> One can also be a citizen at birth (under certain circumstances) by having parent(s) who are U.S. citizens. Ted Cruz unequivocably meets this standard. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_States_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_Stat...