California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria but has been a United States citizen for nearly twenty-five years. Why can he not serve as President of the United States?
a. He is a sitting governor from California.
b. Austria was an enemy of the United States in World War II, so by law no one from that country can serve as president.
c. Only persons having become citizens in the last ten years may be elected as president.
d. The California state constitution prohibits its governors from serving as president.
e. Article II of the U.S. Constitution states that only natural born citizen are allowed to hold the office of president.
ANS: E
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