Sentence examples for constitutional qualifications from inspiring English sources

The same thing happened Tuesday, after Donald Trump used the occasion of a joint fundraiser with the Republican nominee to embarrass Romney with a burst of "birther" nonsense about President Obama's constitutional qualifications for the presidency.

WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain said Thursday that he had no concerns about his meeting the constitutional qualifications for the presidency because of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone.

But whether he qualifies as natural-born has been a topic of Internet buzz for months, with some declaring him ineligible while others assert that he meets all the basic constitutional qualifications — a natural-born citizen at least 35 years of age with 14 years of residence.

The minimal constitutional qualifications for admission to the House, and the Powell v. McCormack case of the 1960's don't give the Speaker that ability.

The court said the provision compelled speech from candidates in violation of the First Amendment; violated the constitutional "speech or debate" immunity enjoyed by members of Congress; added extra-constitutional qualifications for seeking office; and imposed an unconstitutional method for amending the Constitution.

The legal and constitutional issues around qualification for the presidency on grounds of US citizenship are "murky and unsettled", according to the scholar cited by Donald Trump in his recent attacks on Ted Cruz.

There is no constitutional provision stipulating any qualifications for voters, and as the Act is an ordinary piece of legislation the disqualifying factors may be changed by a simple majority (more than 50%) of votes in Parliament.

They saw a woman with little experience of constitutional law, whose main qualification seemed to be a fawning admiration for "the most brilliant man she had ever met".

On gun rights, he is an absolutist, rejecting any qualification of the constitutional right to bear arms.Mr Cruz has spent years preparing.

But Ms. O'Donnell, who cites study of constitutional government as one of her qualifications, had trouble recalling the 14th and 16th Amendments (due process and equal protection, and the income tax) as well as the First.

Constitutional Commissions, 1987 Constitution.