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> Musk is not, yet, president will never be.

votepaunchy 3y ago
And why not? Congress can choose to discard electors from states excluding candidates (as may happen next year). “In the 19th century, several state legislatures elected senators in their late twenties despite the Constitutional minimum age of 30, such as Henry Clay, who was sworn into office at age 29, and John Henry Eaton, the youngest U.S. senator in history, who took his oath of office when he was 28 years, 4 months and 29 days old.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_members_of_the_United_States_Congress https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_members_of_...
- phalangion 3y ago
  Because you must be a natural-born citizen of the US.
  - diggan 3y ago
    As far as I understand, there isn't really a consensus on what "natural-born citizen" actually means in the context of the US constitution. I'm sure some huge team of lawyers could argue that Musk somehow is "natural-born citizen".
    - hprotagonist 3y ago
      There are some edge cases like “your parents are american but you were born on vacation in france”, but this one is about as crystal clear as you can get: elon was born in SA to a mother who was born in CA to canadian parents and a father who was born in SA to south african parents. He is a naturalized citizen of the US, and ineligible to stand for election for the presidency.
      - diggan 3y ago
        Yeah, which sounds like a fair guess, but the only way to know for sure is for it to be tested in courts, otherwise we're just guessing :) And as we probably all know, having large pockets for lawyers and lobbyists, makes a lot of what we think isn't possible, possible. It's really not as crystal clear as you make it.
        BWStearns 3y ago
        ... other than "person x has never been and is not presently a citizen" this is as clear as it can get. Naturalized citizens are not eligible to be president, there is no gray space on this matter.
    - brewdad 3y ago
      Well, today, he is a citizen. Presumably, he was natural-born and not fabricated in a laboratory. Does that make him a natural born citizen? /s I hope.
  - bigstrat2003 3y ago
    Technically that can be amended, so it's still possible. I agree it's ridiculously unlikely though.

And why not? Congress can choose to discard electors from states excluding candidates (as may happen next year). “In the 19th century, several state legislatures elected senators in their late twenties despite the Constitutional minimum age of 30, such as Henry Clay, who was sworn into office at age 29, and John Henry Eaton, the youngest U.S. senator in history, who took his oath of office when he was 28 years, 4 months and 29 days old.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_members_of_the_United_States_Congress https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_members_of_...

phalangion 3y ago
Because you must be a natural-born citizen of the US.
- diggan 3y ago
  As far as I understand, there isn't really a consensus on what "natural-born citizen" actually means in the context of the US constitution. I'm sure some huge team of lawyers could argue that Musk somehow is "natural-born citizen".
  - hprotagonist 3y ago
    There are some edge cases like “your parents are american but you were born on vacation in france”, but this one is about as crystal clear as you can get: elon was born in SA to a mother who was born in CA to canadian parents and a father who was born in SA to south african parents. He is a naturalized citizen of the US, and ineligible to stand for election for the presidency.
    - diggan 3y ago
      Yeah, which sounds like a fair guess, but the only way to know for sure is for it to be tested in courts, otherwise we're just guessing :) And as we probably all know, having large pockets for lawyers and lobbyists, makes a lot of what we think isn't possible, possible. It's really not as crystal clear as you make it.
      - BWStearns 3y ago
        ... other than "person x has never been and is not presently a citizen" this is as clear as it can get. Naturalized citizens are not eligible to be president, there is no gray space on this matter.
  - brewdad 3y ago
    Well, today, he is a citizen. Presumably, he was natural-born and not fabricated in a laboratory. Does that make him a natural born citizen? /s I hope.
- bigstrat2003 3y ago
  Technically that can be amended, so it's still possible. I agree it's ridiculously unlikely though.