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.
On 11/08/08 Mohamd from NJ said:
Barack Obama is Mulim/Christian. He has practiced Islam and Christianity.
On 11/08/08 Ron from MD said:
I am amazed to the fact that our country does not require a thorough back round check on Presidential candidates. After all most employers will do a complete a credit, criminal, employer and personal references. Has anyone heard of the saying, "Where there is smoke there is fire"? Keep in mind that I am not saying these things to be true but it sure would have been nice if the main stream media would have done there job and investigated such things as to Obma's associations past and present. How long was Obma a Senator and what executive experience does he have? Change what.. Socialist Marxist
On 11/08/08 jay from CA said:
i think you should have at least four years of military experience to become president...im in the military and from what i heard obama is going to downsize the military and their will be paycuts.....hes not really for the veterans...so when it comes to veterans and their benefits..i think mccains more fit for the job.
On 11/08/08 dre from MI said:
mr.oabama will be a great president and he was born in the u.s. he has a rock star status becuase he is i different type of political figure . not the same old firty politics of each party calling the other names . and as he is in transitional into the white house he seem a lot more presidential than ever . he is my president,your president,our president, so i think anyone who disagrees with him have to eal with it becase hes everyone president as of jan 20th 2008
On 11/07/08 dp from KY said:
The Mike guy is right because Obama has nooooo expirience compared to mccain and to the dude that said the only reason McCain has more expirience is because hes older that is OBVIOUS.. thats the point. And how is Obama going to prove he is a natural born citizen if hes from Kenya
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