I think that would not be a good idea.
Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to be president, and he might be an ok guy, but we can't change our law, it's there for a reason.
If Russia said that they will get us from within, then I hope Congress will think before changing our laws that could allow that to happen.
2007-09-03 04:01:03 · 16 answers · asked by You may be right 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
It's not up to the Congress. It would take an amendment to the Constitution to authorize that-----and that's a long process culminating in a vote in each state by the people.
2007-09-03 04:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The reason for the original provision has long since passed. In 1780s, there was a real fear that, with quick citizenship for immigrants and the expectation that immigrants could be a majority of the voters, that the established leadership of the country could be tossed out for immigrants. Now we have a long waiting period and immigrants are a tiny percentage of the voters.
However, while occasionally the idea will resurface, I doubt that it will get the two-thirds vote necessary to send it to the states or that it would get the approval from three-quarters of the states. Unfortunately, this provision means that sometimes the best possible president can't run for office (not that I think Arnold or Dr. Kissinger fit that description).
2007-09-03 05:22:33 · answer #2 · answered by Tmess2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, The Constitution prohibits it, Congress would have to amend the Constitution and the Constitution prohibits it for a reason.
Arnold could be a cabinet member, but in line of succession due to deaths of the POTUS and VPOTUS as well as the Speaker then the cabinet members, etc. He would have to be skipped over, cause he CAN"T BE PRESIDENT.
There is a 10 lane highway running straight throught the United States. CORPORATE AMERICA, hell, why would they need to take office when they can control the resources of a nation and the president with what everybody likes. Of course Arnold is not Russian, he is a naturalized Austrian American.
2007-09-03 05:04:30 · answer #3 · answered by N R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would require a Constitutional Amendement. The Amendement would never be ratified if there were a specific candidate in mind, because it takes 3/4 of state legislatures to ratify an amendment, and you'd never get 3/4 of the state legislatures to agree when there's a personality involved.
2007-09-03 05:22:20 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The requirement for mandatory American birth is in the Constitution. The Congress cannot change the Constitution on its own - they must get approval from the States. That will never happen.
2007-09-03 04:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by Pete W 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Horrible idea ... I agree with you.
The amendment allow this will never pass. It takes a 2/3 majority in Congress and 60% of the states to approve amendments.
2007-09-03 04:17:52 · answer #6 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think anyone in Congress will seriously suggest amending the Constitution so Ahhnold can run. I've heard it mentioned from those who just love the guy. But we'd have to be in big trouble and believing only one person could "save" us before that would ever happen. Ahhnold will have to content himself with being a Governor.
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tmess:
Actually I think that provision is even more important today. The unrest in the world and the resentment against the United States could result in someone who spent his youth being indoctrinated to all things anti-American then deciding to move to our shores and spend years here before running for the big job - but still having core beliefs that we need to be brought to our knees. Someone born and raised here would be much less likely to want to really screw with our system and our place in the world. It's a good provision and needs to remain in place.
2007-09-03 06:35:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There was even talk about 30 years ago so that Henry Kissinger could qualify. Silly idea then...silly idea now. No. We don't need to look outside of our own, huge native-born population and we're not going to change the Constitution.
2007-09-03 04:14:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In oreder to make that happen we'd have to amend the constitution, which takes forever. Then someone will filibuster it and yadda yadda yada. It won't become a law because it's a bad idea anyway.
2007-09-03 04:09:21 · answer #9 · answered by sunnygirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We will bury you....Didn't Khrushchev say that forty years ago?
Hes dead, the county he represented is gone but we are still here, forty years from now, who knows.
No I don't think they will rewrite the constitution to allow Schwarzenegger to run, after this Bush leaves congress we will have a long period of time to fix the attacks Bush made on it and we will no longer be willing to allow anyone to make a hash of our heritage under the guise of "protecting us"
2007-09-03 04:08:14 · answer #10 · answered by justa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋