- Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:53 am
#2254
See also: President of the United States § Eligibility
Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution sets only three qualifications for holding the presidency. To serve as president, one must:
be a natural-born U.S. citizen of the United States;
be at least 35 years old;
be a resident in the United States for at least 14 years.[1]
A person who meets the above qualifications could still not be qualified to hold office if they have exceeded the term limits of the 22nd amendment,[2][3] or if they have been disqualified from holding any "office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States" – a legal term which, debatably, may or may not include the Presidency as well[4] – following either impeachment and conviction under Article I, Section 3, Clause 7,[5] or rebellion against the United States and subsequent disqualification under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.[6][7]
