"This must, and someday will, change. Opening the door of presidential eligibility to naturalized Americans will redeem the Constitution's grand trajectory, adding a new chapter true to the spirit of the story thus far. The founders promised more equality than had existed in 1775; later amendments brought blacks and women into the fold; and full equality for naturalized Americans is the logical next step."
Akhil Reed Amar created the article; "Revisiting the Constitution: Allow Naturalized Citizens to Be President," and the message he's trying to send from this excerpt, is how the role of Presidency should be given to anyone who earns their citizenship in America. Everyone is supposed to be seen as equal, and it has been seen that way ever since 1775. Although, if they are restricted from ever becoming a president of the country, then this promise turned out to be fruitless. Akhil created this article, to promote the idea of allowing many other individuals who devoted their own time to become a citizen of the United States of America, to possibly emerge as a President. As he stated, "Opening the door of presidential eligibility to naturalized Americans will redeem the Constitution's grand trajectory, adding a new chapter true to the spirit of the story thus far," this just shows how ideas can expand, and so can equality.
The reason as to why I chose this article, is because it spoke out to me in a way in which I can relate. While living in Albania many years ago, I won a lottery and traveled to America because of it. After becoming a citizen in 5 years, I was finally able to live as an official citizen of the United States of America, I always supported this country, and it pains me to still see that many others who work hard to earn their citizenship still cannot have the responsibility of becoming a President, regardless of the fact that they have devoted 5 years of their life to become a citizen. Adding naturalized citizens is the logical next step and it can benefit the nation.
ReplyDeleteI wrote about the same article but with a different thought process. I do not believe that naturalized citizens should become President. Even though they are naturalized citizens and deemed American should not have the rights to become President because they come from different cultures, morals, religion, language and values.
Interesting thought, and thank you for your comment. Although I still think that naturalized citizens should be allowed to become President, because they can adopt American culture, and understand the languages, morals, and so on. At the same time, I also agree with you because not everyone will prefer the way our government is run due to the fact that they have been raised with different cultures/customs, but still naturalized citizens that support America and its culture should have a chance.
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