Can a US citizen that was born on any of the US territories (e.g. Puerto Rico, Guam, etc) run for President?
479531
Someone who has been born on a US Territory, such as Puerto Rico, is considered a US citizen.  They can run for presidency if they are at least 35 and be a resident of the US for at least 14 years.
677707
Anyone, foreign citizen or otherwise, can own property in the US. Permanent residency allows you to buy and permanently live in a house in the US. It does not allow you to receive any benefits that are given only to citizens, meaning you cannot get social security or vote, and likely hold political office, though that may depend on the office. To receive those rights, you must become a naturalized citizen.
518370
NO, Section One of Article II of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to become President. The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States \nThe only time recently that the natural-born citizenship requirement has been implicated in regard to a presidential candidate was in 1968. That year, Michigan Governor George W. Romney was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. Romney had been born in Chihuahua, Mexico to American parents. However, Romney's campaign fizzled and the question was never seriously discussed.
538552
You can run for any office, save the Presidency. That is one of the perks for being an American citizen
799676
No.  But it may be easier to get permanent resident status.\n\nEdit:  AND what map said.
647196
Born in the USA, citizen of the USA.
320046
can't unless you where born there. if you mean citizenship that's different.
223103
It depends on the piece of land.  If Disney bought an island and wanted to apply for statehood, then no.  If Puerto Rico wanted to apply, then yes.  I guess the difference is is it just some person (or group of person) trying to be a wiseguy or is it really a group of people that want to be part of the United States.
965272
Yes. A person should be allowed to run for or be president an unlimited number of times.
867407
It isn't an issue of interpretation. The constitution states explicitly "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." That means that a person must be born in the United States to be president and also must reside in the United States for fourteen years. This completely excludes those of other countries of origin. To get this to change, there would have to be an amendment to the consitution.
121198
Yes, there is a difference because the people who born in US have a constitutional citizenship, that’s a citizenship derive by constitution but there are people who actually are US citizens but don’t born in US, nether in US military base camp and that people have a statutory citizenship and that’s derived by law. That people enjoy must of the benefits in the constitution and the responsibilities but not all of theme. For example the people who are from Puerto Rico are US citizens but that people can’t vote for the president of the US in Puerto Rico, if that people move to Florida or New York or other state of the nation then they can vote for the president. .
448337
Unfortunately, because of the way the Electoral College works, Puerto Ricans, who are US citizens, do not have the right to participate in the election of the President of the United States if they reside in Puerto Rico.  The Constitution specifies that only states (and DC) can participate in the presidential election by choosing "electors" who are part of the Electoral College.\n\nA number of people from Puerto Rico have tried to sue the US Government to force it to recognize the right of the American citizens to participate in the presidential election.  These efforts have ultimately been unsuccessful.\n\nHowever, in 2000 there was a glimmer of hope for the American citizens who reside in Puerto Rico.  The US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico issued judgement on August stating that Puerto Rico had the right to participate in the Electoral College, as long as the state legislature approved a method.  The state legislature approved a law for the election of presidential electors from Puerto Rico, to be held together with the general election on November 7, 2000.\nThe ballots were printed (with Bush & Gore's names and pictures), and mailed out to absentee voters.  Unfortunately, just before the election, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed the judgement of the District Court, and the state Supreme Court invalidated the local law.  Therefore, the American residents of Puerto Rico could not participate in the 2000 presidential election.\n\nA few (around 100 absentee voters) people actually cast their presidential ballots, but we will never know how they voted.
464107
I am assuming that you want to run for President of the United States of America. According to the Consitiution of the United States of America in Artilce II, you must be a natural born citizen of the United States of America, at least 35 years old, and you have to been living in the United States of America for at least 14 years.
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No, I would not because of the electoral college system.  The electoral college system already skews democratic votes into a system that favors smaller states (the "Great" compromise).  As such, DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands would then complicate an already skews the system for electing national representatives.  Thus, you would have to come up with a way the electoral college handles US territories with representatives. \n\nMoreover, the constitutional makes clear that senators can be no fewer than 2 and must come from a state.  Thus, the only way to limit them (assuming that they become a state) to 1 senator is to amend the constitution.\n\nHowever, keep up the big thinking as it is the only way improvement happens.  As Bobby Kennedy used to say, "Some people see things as they are and say 'why'.  I dream things that never were and ask 'why not'."
404102
Yes, they can. However, as the President is elected by electoral votes (which are determined by a state's population), all of the people residing there actually only get one vote. How's that for fair?
314874
Section One of Article II of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to become President. The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States (or a citizen of the United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years old, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.\n\nThe natural-born citizenship requirement has been the subject of controversy recently. Some commentators argue that the clause should be repealed because it excludes qualified people based on so-called "technicalities", and fails to appreciate the contributions made by immigrants to American society. Supporters counter that the requirement protects the United States from foreign interference — another country could send an emigrant to the United States and through subterfuge get them elected. Many prominent public officials are barred from the presidency because they are not natural-born citizens (for example, Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright, and Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Jennifer Granholm of Michigan), as well as other well-known persons born in other countries who have done great service for the United States (Bob Hope). Constitutional amendments are occasionally proposed to remove or modify this requirement, but none has been successful.\n\nThe only time recently that the natural-born citizenship requirement has been implicated in regard to a presidential candidate was in 1968. That year, Michigan Governor George W. Romney was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. Romney had been born in Chihuahua, Mexico to American parents. However, Romney's campaign fizzled and the question was never seriously discussed.
95911
Yes she could. Article II of the US Constitution states:\n\n"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."\n\nSo now the question is: What is a natural born citizen? Title 8, Section 1401 of the US Code would conclude that yes, in fact she is a natural born citizen (assuming her father meets this condition):\n\n"(g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years: Provided, That any periods of honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or periods of employment with the United States Government or with an international organization as that term is defined in section 288 of title 22 by such citizen parent, or any periods during which such citizen parent is physically present abroad as the dependent unmarried son or daughter and a member of the household of a person\n(A) honorably serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, or\n(B) employed by the United States Government or an international organization as defined in section 288 of title 22, may be included in order to satisfy the physical-presence requirement of this paragraph. This proviso shall be applicable to persons born on or after December 24, 1952, to the same extent as if it had become effective in its present form on that date"