Optimally, how old should a President be?
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Kurz did a very good job when he became chancellor of Austria at age 31.
There is a "too young" (maybe <25) and a "too old" (maybe > 80), but it all depends on the particular person.
@Klaus said in Optimally, how old should a President be?:
Kurz did a very good job when he became chancellor of Austria at age 31.
There is a "too young" (maybe <25) and a "too old" (maybe > 80), but it all depends on the particular person.
The US Constitution specifies that the president has to be at least 35 years old.
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Well, ya gotta be a lawyer for SCOTUS, ya know?
Actually, I think you'd make a
pretty OKspectacular president.@Mik said in Optimally, how old should a President be?:
Well, ya gotta be a lawyer for SCOTUS, ya know?
Actually, you don't. THere's no statute that requires that. IIRC, there has been at least one SCOTUS justice who was not attorney.
Hang on while I look that up....
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@Klaus said in Optimally, how old should a President be?:
Kurz did a very good job when he became chancellor of Austria at age 31.
There is a "too young" (maybe <25) and a "too old" (maybe > 80), but it all depends on the particular person.
The US Constitution specifies that the president has to be at least 35 years old.
@George-K said in Optimally, how old should a President be?:
The US Constitution specifies that the president has to be at least 35 years old.
I'm fine with leaving this in place. I'm with Klaus, that we should be flexible, depending on the person.
This is the most complex difficult job in the world. I'm not sure it's even possible to be "ready" to occupy the office. But some younger are going to be more prepared than some older. Duh.
Bipartisan would be nice. I'd take a less experienced but observably bipartisan guy over an experienced older ideologue.
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Mm-hmm.
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