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Question: What are the requirements to become President?

Answer: The United States Constitution outlines the requirements for President in Article 2. This article of the U.S. Constitution also outlines the many powers of the President and Executive branch of government.

Section 1 of Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution states that a President must:

  • be a natural born citizen of the united States
  • be at least 35 years old
  • have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years

In addition, the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that a President may not serve more than 2 terms of 4 years each, even if they have only served as President for 2 or more years of one of those terms.
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On 12/02/08
caleb from GA said:
it was a setup people paid other people off so barack husain obama could become president and he is also giving money to some people who dont want to work so they just live off welfair now is this fair?
On 11/20/08
keyond from SC said:
i love barack
On 11/17/08
JILL from TX said:
This Country will never be the same!! Businesses are going under, people are loosing thier jobs right and left. We cant even afford to buy groceries much less go on a short weekend trip with our families. Wake up people until we take back our nation from these Washington DC Buracrats that care nothing about individual Americans we will never see any kind of Change !! Quit Bitching people and stand up for ourselves, tell WASHINGTON DC to take responsibility for what they have done and where we are by writing your local state reps and lets get this place back to "WE THE PEOPLE"
On 11/16/08
Grizz from ND said:
To Cru from IL, Me too! In fact it would serve you right. What a great & wonderful country! We are about to witness the most historic and transformational presidency since Abraham Lincoln. This should be fascinating to watch.
On 11/16/08
Helen from NY said:
He is going to be our president and i think he will do a great job so deal with it .
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