Can Clark Kent (also known as Superman) run for president ?

No. He was not born in the United States, as is required by US law. He’d never want to, as your every moment is scrutinized.

Besides, why would he hide the fact that he’s Superman, and then seek one of the most high profile jobs on the planet. He could just be open about being Superman and be bigger than the President.

Only if he legalizes medical kryptonite.

@ibstubro “He was not born in the United States, as is required by US law.”

That’s actually not required by US law. The Constitution only requires that one be a natural born citizen. What “natural born citizen” means, however, the authors of the Constitution never bothered to define. If I recall correctly the modern understanding of the term, as interpreted by the courts, is basically one born in the United States or US territory (thus, for instance, those born in Puerto Rico are natural born US citizens) or one born anywhere in the world to parents who are US citizens (thus even if Barack Obama was born in Kenya he would still be a natural born US citizen).

This is an interesting question. I wonder if children adopted as babies by American parents can be President if they are born in other countries? In no way can you argue Clark Kent was a natural born citizen (the argument to define natural born citizen has gone to the courts more than once, they still need to clarify it better in my opinion. I used to be more familiar with the court cases, but I have forgotten them now) unless we allow for adoption from foreign nations/planets to suffice. However, as I think it through, yes he can be President, because as far as anyone knows his mother gave birth to him. Birth at home. I doubt there was ever any adoption paperwork, she just found him and raised him, he just simply is the son of the Kent’s. Although, if he ran for President they would scrutinize everything, the media would go crazy and the haters would be in an uproar. Still, I think he could pull it off.

He was raised by US citizens so that definitely counts IMO. And no one knows his origin so papers were easily forged from his childhood when his parents first found him I guess.

But my question is what would he do if it were president? I.e. what train of thought led you to thinking of this question??
Would he be a good president?

If he were president* lol

He can fly faster than a speeding bullet, leap higher than the tallest sky scraper. He’s not a bird, he’s not a plane. I think he’d be a damn brilliant president. He’s his own secret service protection unit with xray vision. All he needs is cryptonite detectors on a few regular joes, and he’s set. Super Man for President. I’m all for it.

Oh yea he wouldn’t need bodyguards he’d literally be the safest president out there, and invincible too

He could run, but Bruce Wayne would beat him again.

@cazzie I think I’d rather have the guy smart enough and ballsy enough to take out not only Superman, but the rest of the Justice League to boot.

Clark Kent can’t be president, because Clark Kent doesn’t exist: he’s an assumed identity. Maybe Kal-El could run for president as Clark Kent, but his forgeries would have to be pretty damn good to fool the entire U.S. press corps and who-knows-how-many private investigators, et cetera. That’s not necessarily a deal-breaker for Supes, since he can travel through time and do other fancy tricks, but it’s certainly a non-trivial obstacle. Also non-trivial is the fact that it’s just plain illegal, and so the notoriously law-abiding boy scout Superman would be unwilling to do it.
Or maybe Clark Kent is a real person after all, at least in the eyes of the law. Maybe Clark Kent is the lawfully adopted son of Ma and Pa Kent of Smallville, both citizens of the United States. The law needn’t take notice of the fact that he was born under a different name and sometimes wears odd clothes, any more than it does of any adopted foreign national who sometimes goes about in native dress.

Well Clark Kent has been steadily employed for many years. I would assume that he receives a regular paycheck like anyone else. Which means he probably pays FICA and other payroll taxes just like anyone else. This would mean he has a taxpayer identification number. So yes, in the eyes of the law Clark Kent is a real person.