Originally Posted by lazeelink

It makes little difference what we define as qualifications, for the Constitution says it this way:

“No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.”

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitut....html#section3

It always amazes me when we lean on the Constitution when it suits us and devise our own interpretation when it doesn’t, my post included!