Article 2, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution sets the requirements one must meet in order to become President:

1) They must be a natural-born citizen of the United States,

2) Thirty-five years of age and

3) A resident of the United States for 14 years.


We're fast approaching a time when otherwise-eligible parties could possibly be excluded using the first requirement. The first test-tube baby in the US will reach the age of eligibilty within 15 years, I believe. Using the above phrasing, would such a candidate be considered a "natural-born" citizen? Schemantics, I'm sure, but we're looking at a country where the former President argued the definition of "is"... [yuh huh]

Is this an issue waiting to happen? Should the wording be updated to allow for scientific advances in conception?

Just looking for some input on what's been a lively lunchtime discussion at work...