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Who Wants to be President? Who CAN be President? Jack Balkin Makes a Brilliant Case that No Current Candidate is Constitutionally Eligible

By Andis Kaulins

So you think you know the U.S. Constitution?

There is little doubt any more that if Hillary Clinton were to be foolishly granted the Democratic Party nomination by her party members, she will surely pull Trick 17 out of her hat by having John McCain declared ineligible for the Presidency because of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone, little knowing that she too, is ineligible for the Presidency herself, by virtue of the U.S. Constitution.

To see the legal arguments relating to Presidential eligibility, you must read Jack M. Balkin's brilliant piece at Balkinization. If you have ever wondered why one person rather than another is a Professor of Constitutional Law (the most demanding conceptually of all fields of law) at a top law school like Yale, this piece will give you a clue. Don't miss it.

Full post as published by LawPundit on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).