I suspect that Kissinger was not the motivating factor in 1967, when he was still just a poli sci professor, or perhaps even in 1971, when he was National Security Adviser, but not yet Secretary of State. Obviously, both of these hearings were well before the Watergate crisis, which didn't break until mid-1972.
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, James C. Ho wrote: > Do you have any documentation that it was Kissinger that motivated amendment > talk during that era? > > Here's the information I have on that front: > > H. J. Res. 795, 90th Cong. (1967) [Matsunaga] Naturalized Citizens (15 Years) > > No person except a natural born citizen of the United States, or a naturalized > citizen of the United States for at least fifteen years, shall be eligible to > the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office > who shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen > years a resident within the United States. > > 8/17/1967 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. > > S. J. Res. 161, 92nd Cong. (1971) [Fong, for himself and Baker, > Bible, Hollings, Humphrey, Metcalf, Muskie, and Proxmire] All U.S. Citizens > > Notwithstanding the provision of clause 4 of section 1 of article II of the > Constitution, a person who is a naturalized citizen of the United States shall > be eligible to hold the office of President if he is otherwise eligible under > such clause to hold such office. > > 9/28/1971 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. > > Ian Mylchreest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Speaking of boomlets of interest, during the Watergate crisis and its > > immediate aftermath when Henry Kissinger appeared to be the anchor of the > > Nixon White House, there was also talk of amending the Constitution to > allow > > him to run for the Presidency. Of course, nothing came of it. > > > > Ian Mylchreest > > > James C. Ho > Chief Counsel > U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights & Property Rights > U.S. Senator John Cornyn, Chairman > Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 139 > (202) 224-7840 (office) > (202) 228-2281 (fax) > > > ____________________________________________________________________ >
