According to the constitution you have to have lived in the U.S. 14 years to run, Kubby has lived in Canada with in the past 3.Some one please explain this.
2007-03-12 18:57:26 · 7 answers · asked by lucyp1958 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
The constitution doesn't require the last 14 consecutive years in the USA. Another words, you could grow up in the USA for 14 years, live in Canada 10 years then come back and run for the presidency...
2007-03-16 14:05:27 · answer #1 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to run for President, the candidate must be a resident of the US for 14 years as required under the Constitution. Thus, Steve Kubby is disqualified since he lived in Canada for the past 3 years.
2007-03-13 02:06:27 · answer #2 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anyone can run for President - the Constitution governs who is allowed to take office. There have been numerous cases of ineligible candidates (convicts, people too young, women before 1917) running. If Kubby won and is ineligible, he wouldn't be allowed to take office. Though it's never been tested, in all likelihood his VP candidate would end up as President.
2007-03-13 12:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by JerH1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where you physically live and your place of residence are different concepts.
In order to take residency, many places require that you either be granted a special Visa, and that you spend a certain amount of time in that place of residence before becoming a resident. This is a common issue amongst college students, who while they may be living on campus at an university, if they are from a different state they are still considered out-of-state students. Even students who live in the state where they want to go to college for 1 or 2 years prior to entering college, once they enter college they are still considered out-of-state since many states will only give residency after 3 years of physically living there.
2007-03-13 02:05:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He needs to move back to the U.S. If he does so immediately, he will become eligible to run for president in 2021 (the next election after that would be 2024). It's that simple. If he wants to run now, he cannot. You can't get around the Constitution. Well... not legally, anyway, but that's another question, entirely.
2007-03-13 02:10:07 · answer #5 · answered by cool_breeze_2444 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Constitution says a person must live in the U.S. for 14 years, but it does not say they must be consecutive or that they must be the fourteen years immediately prior to the election.
2007-03-17 00:08:32 · answer #6 · answered by dirty t 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
at the expense of being a jerk - who cares - what a crappy question.
2007-03-13 02:06:41 · answer #7 · answered by markisme 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋