Can a convicted felon run for President?
Legally? Yes. Effectively? No. US Constitution, Article II, Section 1No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.US Constitution, Amendment XXII, Section 1 - ratified February 27, 1951No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.There is no restriction against a felon running for the office of the President. Only the Constitution may spell those restrictions and it doesn't address the issue. This is because the Constitution is minimalist in nature; the belief was (and remains) that the individual states' would be sufficient to provide all the additional vetting of the candidates for the Office of the President of the United States. Note: I said nothing about voters. The original intention was that the individual states would choose the method of selecting electors to the Electoral College. Before the age in instantaneous communication and before the office actually came to mean anything (which was instantly upon he election of Washington; but before that, the office of POTUS --while much debated-- was imagined as being of lesser importance than the cherished entities: the individual States respectively), the Electoral College was a means to an end. It allowed the states to decide on their own how their votes would be cast (some would be chosen by the state legislature, some by voters -- it didn't matter). It allowed them to not worry about counting ballots in the nation's capital -- there'd only ever be a few hundred vote-casters. Only after the early 1800's did it become standard to allow the citizens to decide.In the end, it's effectively impossible for a felon to become president, just as it's effectively impossible for anyone under 35 to do so either (though, with the latter, apparently it seemed prudent to address that pressing matter at the time of the ratification of the Constitution).
Can a U.S. citizen with a felony travel through canada to get to Alaska?
Canada Customs is a defunct organization that was never responsible for determing the admissibility of persons to Canada. That is an immigration concern. Canada Border Services is the new agency that includes both Customs and Immigration officers. Anyways, if you do have a criminal record that makes you inadmissible to Canada, there are a few things the officer can do depending on the serverity of the conviction. Obviously, the first is they can just simply refuse your entry. Secondly, if it is a really serious/violent crime, they can arrest you and seek your deportation (which is permanent) from Canada. Thirdly, if it is not really serious, they can take $200 off of you and give you a temporary resident permit to allow you to enter. Fourthly, if it is of a fairly triffling nature, and you get a nice officer, they can "adjourn" your examination into Canada. What this means is they will let you drive through Canada, up to the Alaska border and then just before you go to Alaska, you pull over to the Canadian officials, and they resume your examination, find you inadmissible and then allow you to leave to Alaska. They could also adjourn your examination for your entire trip and then you would check in with them on the way back home and they would refuse you back to America. It really depends on what's on your record and other factors. I've heard of the "adjorn" option being quite common for people in your situation travelling through to Alaska. I've even witnessed first hand officers at Pearson airport with Americans who they determine to be inadmissible adjorning the examination, allowing them to get a rental car and driving back to the USA through Canada and then getting refused at the border there. They do this just to spare the person of having to get a return plane ticket at $$$ just to get back to the states.
Once you get U.S. Citizenship, can it be revoked?
Once you get U.S. Citizenship, can it be revoked?This question lacks important information. The starting question is: why are you a U.S. citizen? In general U.S. citizenship can be obtained by birth or by naturalization.Citizenship by birth:If you are born in the United States your citizenship cannot be revoked by the U.S. Government - a principle affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Afroyim v. Rusk (14th amendment protects individuals from the Government confiscation of citizenship).If you received citizenship by birth because you were born outside the United States to U.S. citizen (parent/parents) you do NOT have the protection of the 14th amendment and in theory your citizenship could be revoked.Citizenship after birth by naturalization:Assuming that citizenship has not been fraudulently obtained, naturalized U.S. citizens have the 14th amendment protections described in Afroyim v. Rusk - the Government cannot revoke your citizenship.If the citizenship was fraudulently obtained, then revocation of citizenship is rare but possible.The citizen has the right to renounce U.S. citizenship. But, renunciation of citizenship may subject them to the S. 877A Exit Tax (wealth confiscation) rules.Renouncing US citizenship? How the S. 877A “Exit Tax” may apply to your Canadian assets – 25 Parts
United States Deportation Help?
it appears she was convicted of fraud, which is indeed a crime of moral turpitude. it may have been a misdemeanor conviction, but since the maximum sentence was over a year, whether she served a day or not, she's ineligible under US immigration law and subject to deportation. there is no 5 year limitation on convictions. as long as you're still a green card holder, you're subject to deportation. had she waited until she was a citizen, she wouldn't be subject to deportation. as for not being told about the possibility of deportation, she was dealing with 2 separate legal systems, state law for the fraud charge and US law for the immigration violation. The folks who got her to plead out may have had little if any knowlege of immigration law, and they have no responsibility to inform her even if they did. sounds like no one reported her to USCIS. I'm sure there was no ICE agent in the room per Brother's comments or this would have happened very quickly. So no one ever looked until she applied for citizenship and brought herself to their attention. otherwise, she probably would have been able to stay indefinitely. or at least until she renewed her green card, as Yak Rider says. she should have considered consulting a good immigration lawyer on both occasions, and if she had, she probably could have avoided all this. she really should consult a good immigration lawyer now to see what remedy she might have to try. chances are excellent that it won't work though. the US has prioritized the deportation of people with convictions for some time now.
Are police officers allowed to marry felons?
I guess I can understand the concern, like someone else pointed out, a convicted felon CANNOT have or be around a firearm, and police officers, I believe, bring their gun home...But, at the Same Time, ALL U.S. citizens have the Right to marry ANYONE they so desire & the Same should apply to a police officer! I know someone who wants to become a police officer & is currently getting her Associate's Degree, so I'm gonna star your question, I asked on here about whether you get paid to go to the Police Academy, she's currently working Full Time & going to school Full Time, she has a 16 1/2 month old son to support & she CAN'T give up working to go to the Police Academy, but I understand the Police Academy is a strenuous job in itself & may not leave any time or energy to also work a Full Time job!