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In reply to the discussion: California Forces Trump to release tax returns to get on Nov 2020 ballot [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)4. Is that Constitutional?
The qualifications to be president are:
" 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."
Can a state impose additional requirements beyond those?
What other things can a state require?
For example, in addition to tax returns for some arbitrary number of years, can a state require a candidate to provide:
1. A birth certificate
2. Academic transcripts
3. Medical records
4. Biological samples for genetic and disease testing
All of those are things that voters might want to know about a candidate. Are some of them okay, and some not okay to require?
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California Forces Trump to release tax returns to get on Nov 2020 ballot [View all]
SmartVoter22
Mar 2020
OP
The Supreme court turned that over. Check the date of your link because I think it's old.
Maraya1969
Mar 2020
#3
They must have appealed then. The original decision was by a US District Court judge
oldsoftie
Mar 2020
#32
The history of ballot access laws is littered with attempts at discrimination against minorities
jberryhill
Mar 2020
#18
And yet there are laws that require the IRS to turn over to Congress his tax returns
Farmer-Rick
Mar 2020
#21
That has nothing to do with whether a state can require it for ballot access
jberryhill
Mar 2020
#23
Unless its an urban myth, hasnt trump sealed ALL academic records? ALL of them?
oldsoftie
Mar 2020
#12
Yes, they're private. But YOU can release them. Trump threatened anyone who MAY leak them:
oldsoftie
Mar 2020
#24
You are right. And I certainly appreciate your objectivity. Its usually lacking here.
oldsoftie
Mar 2020
#30