“What is Habeas Corpus?” joking, but I guess my minds been so fractured from this administration it doesn’t even consider the constitutional protections America has.
It does make me wonder about the presidential line of succession though. The Speaker of the house is 3rd in line, they could all get together tomorrow and vote him in.
The Constitution does not explicitly require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives… permitting a non-member to serve as Speaker would effectively exempt Speakers from the eligibility requirements of the House Qualifications Clause of Article I, Section II and from being bound by an oath of office under the Oath or Affirmation Clause of Article VI as opposed to House members. (link)
Would be fascinating to see how something like that would play out, scary, but still fascinating in a historical precedence kinda way.
Well honestly its not talked about enough but Ted Cruz ran for president and he was born in Canada. The fact that it was never brought up in any debate by any moderator or opponent is a little worrying.
He had birthright US citizenship just like McCain (born in Panama). That’s what made the whole Obama birth certificate so stupid. He would still be a US citizen at birth even if he was born outside of the US. But he’s brown and has a foreign sounding name. If he was Barry O’Bama and white, no one would have batted an eye.
Ted Cruise’s mother was a citizen when she gave birth to him. That makes him a naturalized citizen. Honestly, if that wasn’t true we would be ICE raiding of banning from office a ton of military children.
Anyone in the line of succession that is disqualified to hold the office is skipped. Again according to the rules that the GOP might just ignore without consequence, but I don’t think they like Musk enough to bother.
Not that it’ll stop them from trying but the constitution does say you have to be a natural-born citizen.
“What is Habeas Corpus?” joking, but I guess my minds been so fractured from this administration it doesn’t even consider the constitutional protections America has.
It does make me wonder about the presidential line of succession though. The Speaker of the house is 3rd in line, they could all get together tomorrow and vote him in.
Would be fascinating to see how something like that would play out, scary, but still fascinating in a historical precedence kinda way.
Well honestly its not talked about enough but Ted Cruz ran for president and he was born in Canada. The fact that it was never brought up in any debate by any moderator or opponent is a little worrying.
He had birthright US citizenship just like McCain (born in Panama). That’s what made the whole Obama birth certificate so stupid. He would still be a US citizen at birth even if he was born outside of the US. But he’s brown and has a foreign sounding name. If he was Barry O’Bama and white, no one would have batted an eye.
Ted Cruise’s mother was a citizen when she gave birth to him. That makes him a naturalized citizen. Honestly, if that wasn’t true we would be ICE raiding of banning from office a ton of military children.
No. That makes him a US citizen at birth. A naturalized citizen is when someone who is not a US citizen acquires US citizenship.
Anyone in the line of succession that is disqualified to hold the office is skipped. Again according to the rules that the GOP might just ignore without consequence, but I don’t think they like Musk enough to bother.