Legal Opinion
U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 22, 1995No. 93-1456PublishedCited by 473 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The Constitution sets forth qualifications for membership in the Congress of the United States. Article I, §2, cl. 2, which applies to the House of Representatives, provides:
*783“No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.”
Article I, §3, cl. 3, which applies to the Senate, similarly provides:
“No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a…
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