No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
2006-12-06
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who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
It is double talk. It means you must be a resident of the state where you are elected from.
It says that you can't be a senator from a state if you are not an inhabitant of that state.
If you live in California you can't be a senator from New York. Remember Hilary had to move to New York to be a senator from New York.
2006-12-06 07:30:09 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all done in the negative ("Shall not" instead of "shall") which is confusing. Here's the straight poop:
"No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years" means that you have to be at least 30 years old to be a senator.
"and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States" means you don't have to be born in the US but if you weren't, then you must have become a citizen at least nine years ago.
"and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen" means you have to live in the state you want to represent in the Senate. In other words, if you want to be one of the two senators representing New York, you can't live in Arkansas, you have to live in New York (which is why Hillary and Bill Clinton bought a home in and moved to Chappaqua, NY before Hillary ran for Senate in New York). Does that answer it for you? If still confused, please post again.
2006-12-06 15:34:35 · answer #2 · answered by AFS 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why they don't just put this stuff in 'English'... lol
The old-time double speak of 'shall and shall nots', etc. is what makes this so confusing.
Simply put, it means anyone trying to become a Senator must be at least 30 years old, have been living in the USA at least 9 years, and live in the State s/he wants to represent as Senator.
2006-12-06 15:46:14 · answer #3 · answered by Myst 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has to be 30 years old or older
Been a US citizen for at least 9 years
He can not live in that state he was selected to represent? Which makes no sense to me either..A Senator should be from the state he was elected to represent..
2006-12-06 15:34:16 · answer #4 · answered by Littlebit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Senators must be atleast 30 years old, a citizen of the US for atleast 9 years, and must live in the state that the are running in
2006-12-06 19:57:30 · answer #5 · answered by timdadevilsfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wording seems funny to us, but it only means that one must be a resident of the state for which he is a senator.
2006-12-06 15:32:41 · answer #6 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a double negative. It says that any senator must
be a resident of the state that elected him.
Hope that makes sense!
2006-12-06 15:31:26 · answer #7 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now that he is a senator, he will be representing his state in Washington, D. C. He will not be living in his home state.
2006-12-06 15:32:24 · answer #8 · answered by Buffy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He can't live in the state who he is elected to represent.
2006-12-06 15:48:33 · answer #9 · answered by Jill 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means they can not live in the state he is chosen for
2006-12-06 15:30:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋