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→Section 3. (establishes the Senate, its composition & requirements for office)
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= age eligibility requirement for office for members of the Senate | = age eligibility requirement for office for members of the Senate | ||
* = more than for the House, but less than for the presidency | * = more than for the House, but less than for the presidency | ||
** | ** the reason is that the Senate is supposed to represent the states and the nation more virtually | ||
** its members are supposed to be more "deliberative" and virtuous than members of the House of Representatives | ** its members are supposed to be more "deliberative" and virtuous than members of the House of Representatives | ||
** that House members must be 25 and the president 35 was a result of the concept of "checks and balances" and of the "republican principle" which held that the people should be government by virtuous rulers (assumes that the older are the more virtuous)}}''', 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. | ** that House members must be 25 and the president 35 was a result of the concept of "checks and balances" and of the "republican principle" which held that the people should be government by virtuous rulers (assumes that the older are the more virtuous)}}''', 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. | ||