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jokur_and_batmon
· 4 years ago
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Has to be an American citizen and idk of any pets or animals that are citizens to a country
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creativedragonbaby
· 4 years ago
If there's a tree that owns legal rights to itself, there's an animal with a citizenship
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iccarus
· 4 years ago
also has to have been born in the US
catfluff
· 4 years ago
Better than the current turdle
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connerboy2
· 4 years ago
Donnie Turnip you mean?
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catfluff
· 4 years ago
Ayup
guest_
· 4 years ago
@jokur_and_batmon covers a major road block- at present the 14th amendment stipulates that only persons may be citizens, and legally animals are not considered persons- nor am I aware of any animal ever having been made a US citizen. Laws ARE changing to give animals more rights- and even possibly some form of citizenship- but we aren’t there yet. Now- there is room to argue that a dog or whatever animal is “40 in dog years” etc- technically “human years” isn’t specified- but it’s unlikely a legal court would rule in your favor. In the case of our turtle etc- a big roadblock is that to be president there are certain responsibilities one must be capable of- and if not capable one would be barred from election or forced to give the office to the next in line of succession. Things like requiring someone else with a power of attorney to fill out basic forms etc- would likely be one.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
An animal can RUN for President- and even WIN, you don’t have to be eligible to be president to get on the ballot- and in the past many candidates have made the ballot who can’t be president. If you’re elected however- Washington will get to choose another candidate on its own as the de facto president. So it’s also unlikely voters would throw away their vote in a way that basically gives up any semblance of control over who becomes president.
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tusabes
· 4 years ago
There's a turtle who is a Senator from Kentucky.
