He was never convicted criminally, so he is eligible, right?
2007-08-03 09:22:08 · 24 answers · asked by photoguy1967 3 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
And Robert Blake can be his VP too.
Could OJ become president? Yes
So can I and everyone here now what are the chance?
2007-08-03 09:34:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
technically, yes he can be. There isn't anything in the requirements about criminal convictions (at least that I'm aware of). But even if there was, OJ wasn't criminally convicted.
Here are the requirements to be Pres:
Only native-born U.S. citizens (or those born abroad, but only to parents who were both citizens of the U.S.) may be president of the United States, though from time to time that requirement is called into question, most recently after Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria, was elected governor of California, in 2003. The Constitution originally provided a small loophole to this provision: One needn't have been born in the United States but had to be a citizen at the time the Constitution was adopted.But, since that occurred in 1789, that ship has sailed.
One must also be at least 35 years of age to be president. John F. Kennedy was the youngest person to be elected president; he was 43 years old when he was inaugurated in 1961. There is no maximum age limit set forth in the Constitution. Ronald Reagan was the oldest president; at the end of his term in 1988, he was nearly 77.
Finally, one must live in the United States for at least 14 years to be president, in addition to being a natural-born citizen. The Constitution is vague on this point. For example, it does not make clear whether those 14 years need to be consecutive or what the precise definition of residency is. So far, however, this requirement has not been challenged.
These are the only explicit criteria in the Constitution.
2007-08-03 16:30:18 · answer #2 · answered by Grinch 67 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure he could. Even if he was convicted, I don't believe Article II of the Constitution makes any mention of a criminal record, or lack there of, as a requirement for President. Charles Manson could be President of the United States if he ever got out of prison, in theory anyway.
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; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
By the time of their inauguration, the President and Vice President must be:
natural born citizens (or citizens at the time of the Constitution's adoption)
at least thirty-five years old
inhabitants for at least fourteen years of the United States.
2007-08-03 16:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by suspendedagain300 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If he could somehow get the voters to vote for him, I believe that he has nothing to prevent him from being elected. He was never convicted of the murders. He just lost the civil suit. I will bet that many of our presidents had lost civil suits before.
2007-08-03 16:25:26 · answer #4 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genocidal terrorists like Bill Clinton and George W. Bush slaughter hundreds of thousands directly for the capitalist-fascist owners of the planet. O.J. Simpson seems like an amateur in comparison. Maybe if helped to stage a 9/11-ish inside job against America to just a new US capitalist-fascist imperialist holocaust in Iran... maybe that would convince our glorious leaders that he is worthy of the Oval Office.
2007-08-03 16:31:26 · answer #5 · answered by obama_hates_black_people 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, he is elligible as a natural born American and he is plenty old enough. He has never been convicted of a felony, so no barrier there. He isn't much of a politician though, and it is doubtful he could put together a campaign.
2007-08-03 16:31:13 · answer #6 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wouldn't get the Southern vote.
or
OJ Simpson president? If the glove fits.
2007-08-03 16:32:47 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Watson (UK) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people: read the question. He simply asked if it was possible. He didnt say he promoted the idea.
I think the answer to the question is "yes"..he has the right to run for president. It was not taken away in all his legal stuff.
2007-08-03 16:32:13 · answer #8 · answered by parrothead 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He has my vote. You guys call him a murderer like he was convicted. He was found not guilty. Does it matter who is President if the system still fails?
2007-08-03 17:10:13 · answer #9 · answered by Nitawee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He is eligible, but nobody would vote for him for so many reasons.
2007-08-03 16:43:23 · answer #10 · answered by jaymes_07 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋