Jon Meacham explains why the framers of the Constitution decided that Presidents and Vice
Presidents had to be "natural born citizens", and why he thinks it's time to repeal that clause.
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Presidents had to be "natural born citizens", and why he thinks it's time to repeal that clause.
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