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"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."
I think that it is time that we amend the Constitution to revise these particular sections, this time using gender neutral terms, so as to lessen confusion over its meaning.
"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."
- U.S. Constitution, Article !, Section 2
LOL. Give it up. She is here to stay and will be speaker again soon
Sorry Harrier...
When using the plural in formal (legal) English, the masculine tense is used. This is ancient tradition. In the popular usage, modern variants such as he/she are in use, but the law does not restrict representation to only males with the use of 'he' unless there is something specific that prohibits women.
You're supposed to be smarter than this.... this is basic High School English.
"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."
- U.S. Constitution, Article !, Section 2
You're a remarkably feeble troll, even by City-Data standards.
he1 /hi; unstressed i/ Show Spelled [hee; unstressed ee] Show IPA pronoun, nominative he, possessive his, objective him; plural nominative they, possessive their or theirs, objective them; noun, plural hes; adjective. pronoun
1. the male person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that male. 2. anyone (without reference to sex); that person: He who hesitates is lost.
noun
3. any male person or animal; a man: hes and shes.
adjective
4. male (usually used in combination): a he-goat.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English hē (masculine nominative singular); cognate with Dutch hij, Old Saxon hē, Old High German her he; see his, him, she, her, it1
Usage note Traditionally, the masculine singular pronouns he 1 , his, and him have been used generically to refer to indefinite pronouns like anyone, everyone, and someone ( Everyone who agrees should raise his right hand ) and to singular nouns that can be applied to either sex ( painter, parent, person, teacher, writer, etc.): Every writer knows that his first book is not likely to be a bestseller. This generic use is often criticized as sexist, although many speakers and writers continue the practice.
Sorry Harrier...
When using the plural in formal (legal) English, the masculine tense is used. This is ancient tradition. In the popular usage, modern variants such as he/she are in use, but the law does not restrict representation to only males with the use of 'he' unless there is something specific that prohibits women.
You're supposed to be smarter than this.... this is basic High School English.
I'm not confused, but I am concerned about people who think that the commerce clause gives Congress the ability to tax people who don't buy a mandated product.
Anyone who could misread the Constitution in that manner could easily be confused by the language used when personal pronouns are written in reference to a federal elected official.
The personal pronoun usage doesn't count in elections.
The United States has been electing women to Congress since 1890, when Wyoming's first delegation as a state included a woman. That lady couldn't vote for herself, since universal suffrage wasn't a law then, but she was elected to the House of Representatives, and she could, and did, vote for bills and laws in the House. Other women from the west soon followed her.
There was nothing that prohibited any of them running for office. But none of them could vote for President until the suffrage laws were passed almost 30 years later. The OP was nonsense.
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