Lynne--You shouldn't be so surprised, as there have been brief boomlets in interest in revising/eliminating the 22nd Amendment since January 2001.
I would also think from a partisan perspective this won't go far either, with the rationale being something like "well, ah-nold can't be president, but neither can madeline albright"
Regards, Steve
Lynne wrote:
People laughed at me when I opined that if Scwarzenegger won, there'd be a movement to amend the Constitution;s requirement that the President be a "natural born citizen" . Today's paper reported Sen. Hatch "plans hearings." Shouldn't Sen. Hatch pragmatically wait to see how Ahnold does, first? ("Frist 100 days" is a ridiculous measure, but go with that at least. . .) Is this just Republican crowing over the results? Would such an amendment really have any chance of adoption? Lynne
Prof. Lynne Henderson Boyd School of Law--UNLV
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Washington -- <snip> National and international reaction to his election victory was perhaps best captured by the governor-elect himself. "Can you believe it?" Schwarzenegger said. "Only in America." <snip> Only in California, some Washington cynics added, although Republican Party operatives are already plotting the movie star's potential on the national political stage. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, plans hearings on a constitutional amendment to make it possible for a foreigner who has been a citizen at least 20 years to be elected president. Schwarzenegger became a citizen in 1984. <snip> E-mail Carolyn Lochhead at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2003 SF Chronicle
