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The Presidency And The Meaning Of Citizenship·, Malinda L. Seymore
The Presidency And The Meaning Of Citizenship·, Malinda L. Seymore
Malinda L. Seymore
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The Presidency And The Meaning Of Citizenship, Malinda L. Seymore
The Presidency And The Meaning Of Citizenship, Malinda L. Seymore
Malinda L. Seymore
This Article uses the issue of presidential qualification as a vehicle to examine the meaning of citizenship today, arguing that the Natural-Born Citizen Clause perpetuates a second-class citizenship that is inappropriate and inapposite in modern American society. Upon this premise, this Article proposes that a constitutional amendment may be necessary since the argument that the Fourteenth Amendment serves as an implicit repeal of the Natural-Born Citizen Clause has proved historically insufficient. Part II of this Article examines the origins of the constitutional requirement that the President be a "natural born Citizen" and discusses the unsuccessful attempts to amend this requirement. …