Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Proposed Constituional Amendment

The rules about who can become a president (apparently, I am eligible) are:

Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution imposes only three eligibility requirements on persons serving as president, based on the officeholder’s age, time of residency in the U.S., and citizenship status:

"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."

These requirements have been modified twice. Under the 12th Amendment, the same three qualifications were applied to the vice president of the United States. The 22nd Amendment limited officeholders to two terms as president.

We desperately need another amendment to add these two additional requirements:

1. No person who cannot pass a blind mental health exam shall be eligible for president and vice-president.

2. No person over the age of 65 shall hold the office of president.

We need protection against both "very stable geniuses", as well as easily steered geriatric slow thinkers.


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