U.S. Constitution · Article I, Section 3, Clause 3
Senate Qualifications Clause
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Also known as: Senate Qualifications Clause
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No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
National Archives transcription (public domain; original spelling and capitalization). archives.gov
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Leading Supreme Court cases
- U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
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Values for America Constitution Explorer, https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution (text: National Archives transcription, public domain), Article I, Section 3, Clause 3, https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution/article-1/section-3/clause-3
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