Congressional Candidacy, Incarceration, and the Constitution's Inhabitancy Qualification

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Examines qualification requirements for Congressional candidacy, particularly as they relate to incarceration. Stresses the exclusivity of Constitutional qualifications, and addresses interpretatio...

Examines qualification requirements for Congressional candidacy, particularly as they relate to incarceration. Stresses the exclusivity of Constitutional qualifications, and addresses interpretations of the inhabitancy requirement as it relates to whether a candidate for the House of Representatives who at the time of the election is imprisoned in a penal institution outside of the State from which he is running may still be considered an "inhabitant" of that first State.

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