<span>IMMIGRANTS CAN BE PRESIDENT </span>
It bothers me that our Constitution excludes from the presidency all Americans who lack a U.S. citizen parent, the so-called “natural born citizen” clause. I’d like to change Section 1, Article 2 to simply read, “No person except a citizen of the United States shall be eligible for the office of President.” Think of all the remarkable Americans who have held high public office but have been constitutionally barred from seeking the presidency.
Because it is what people referenced and used when talking and going about the revolution. It described what the people wanted most, so the people used it.
To representative democratic governments