Could A Clone Ever Run For President?

Dolly is out, but how about All the way with a cloned L.B.J.?

Sure, why not? Scientists used to think it would be difficult to clone an animal as complex as a mammal, but Dolly the sheep neatly demolished that theory. If you can clone a sheep, a human isn't much tougher. Whether it is ethical to do so is another matter, and in fact human cloning has been outlawed in a number of countries and states. But illegal or not, someone's going to do it--and having been conceived by a convicted felon is no bar to public office.

The U.S. Constitution, moreover, doesn't have a clone clause. As long as you are a...

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