"Born in the U.S.A.: Kamala Harris Is Eligible to Become Vice President (Opinion)" by Reginald Oh

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Born in the U.S.A.: Kamala Harris Is Eligible to Become Vice President (Opinion)

Newsweek

Reginald Oh, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University

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8-14-2020

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Kamala Harris,
vice president,
Citizenship Clause,
Fourteenth Amendment

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Constitutional Law,
Fourteenth Amendment,
Law and
President/Executive Department

Abstract

Is Kamala Harris ineligible to become vice president because she is not a natural born United States citizen? Can that possibly be true? The answer is no. An examination of the relevant constitutional provision and Supreme Court precedent tells us that Harris is indeed a natural born U.S. citizen and fully eligible to become vice president.

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Reginald Oh. "Born in the U.S.A.: Kamala Harris Is Eligible to Become Vice President (Opinion)" Newsweek (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/reginald-oh/26/