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

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. The grammar rule is that you can remove a clause within the commas - so this becomes: No Person except a natural born Citizen at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. So unless you were born sometime before 1776 you aren't going to be hitting the campaign trail