Abdul Hassan (lawyer)

Abdul Hassan
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Guyana
NationalityAmerican
Occupationlawyer

Abdul Karim Hassan (born 1974) is a Guyanese-born American labor lawyer in Queens. He is notable primarily for pursuing the right of a naturalized citizen to run for, and for himself declaring he will run for, president of the United States.

In 2012, he filed several lawsuits claiming that the natural-born-citizen clause violated the 5th and 14th Amendments, arguing it was a form of discrimination based on national origin.[1] The argument that the 5th Amendment implicitly repealed the natural-born citizen requirement for the U.S. presidency has previously been advanced in a 2006 law review article by Paul A. Clark.[2]

  1. ^ Palazzolo, Joe (September 4, 2012). "The Other Democratic Candidate". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Paul A. Clark (2006). "Limiting the Presidency to Natural Born Citizens Violates Due Process, 39 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1343 (2006)". UIC Law Review. 39 (4).