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In light of Joe Biden's age and health, his vice-presidential pick, Kamala Harris, could assume the office of president. Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution requires the president be a natural born citizen of the United States. Everybody knows that, but it seems that nobody knows what that means. I explain it from a historical and constitutional perspective.

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Emer de Vattel's Law of Nations: https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/vattel-the-law-of-nations-lf-ed

St. George Tucker's View of the Constitution of the United States: https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/tucker-view-of-the-constitution-of-the-united-states-with-selected-writings

U.S. Constitution: https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii