HaHaHaHaHa!!!!@ggreenwald: "The Young Turks' @cenkuygur announces today he is likely running for President as a Democrat. He cites the success he had the other time he run, when he came in 4th place in a Dem Primary election for Congress, garnering 6.6% of the vote"

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[–]SusanJ 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

He can't run for President. He was born in Istanbul. He and his family immigrated to the U.S. when he was a child. See Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

[–]CaelianPost No Toasties 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

He can't run for President.

My understanding is that an unnatural person can run, but if he or she were somehow to win, he or she would be disqualified.

[–]SusanJ 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is an old story, but may still hold true:

https://rollcall.com/2011/09/02/fec-allows-presidential-campaign-for-foreign-born-man/

The Federal Election Commission ruled Friday that a Guyana-born American citizen could file papers and raise money to run for president of the United States. But the agency also told the prospective candidate, Abdul Hassan, that his campaign may not receive federal matching funds because he was not born in America.

The FEC’s unanimous vote allows Hassan — who born in the South American country in 1974 — to be a candidate, solicit funds and requires him to file disclosure reports for a presidential bid. However, the agency’s decision stopped short of addressing the constitutional issue of whether someone born outside the United States can be president.

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“This does not mean that he can go and say ‘look the FEC has said that I am a candidate, give me money, I’m official,’” said Republican Commissioner Donald McGahn. “That is not what we do here; we don’t certify you as a candidate. That’s what the states do.”

[–]MeganDelacroix🤡🌎 detainee 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Hmm, I wonder what would happen if someone legally incapable of holding an office were likely to win, unlike Cenk. Can you be deprived of representation by ballot access? 😄

[–]MeganDelacroix🤡🌎 detainee 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

That link is missing Section 5 of Article 2:

No clause of this Constitution, nor any Powers, Privileges, or Limitations herein affirmed, shall be enforced or otherwise respected, should a sufficient Number of Persons chant "racist," which shall be determined by the Press.