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In reply to the discussion: If the SCOTUS votes to keep TFG on the ballot, [View all]Farmer-Rick
(11,538 posts)Need to be adjudicated at the federal level too?
The US Constitution requires presidents to have been residents of the US for 14 years to be eligible. What if someone left the country, moved their citizenship, then moved back to the US. Where would their 14 years start and end. Would it have to be consecutive or split. Would a federal court have to decide that too?
What if they were to turn 35 one day after the vote for president? Would they still be eligible? Would a federal court have to adjudicate their age?
Would a state be able to prevent the person from being on the ballot if they were under 35 and had not lived in the US for 14 years? Or would they have to wait for a federal court to decide? And what happens to state rights to manage the election?