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In reply to the discussion: The minimum age of 35 to be President is such an unnecessary rule [View all]TheKentuckian
(26,314 posts)the other didn't that causes ineligibility.
Further, the 34 year old is not prohibited from making whatever statements they please nor is anyone prohibited from speaking in favor of the younger.
The person's ideas are not excluded from the "marketplace" it is the specific person for not meeting criteria not the content of those ideas.
Your vote is not an expression, the ballot is secret. The vote is an entirely separate right than speech, even political speech.
In any event, it is specifically codified in the supreme law of the land there is no possible fix other than a constitutional amendment, it is logically impossible for it to be ruled unconstitutional on ANY grounds. The law doesn't work in a way that would allow you to evade the criteria set.