Our Constitution requires the President to be a natural born citizen of the United States, but provides no specifics about how this is to be proven, thus leaving the matter to each state to decide. Each state's Secretary of State must follow that state's laws, if any, to make a reasonable determination that a candidate for President meets this requirement before placing them on the ballot. This must not be a politically motivated determination, but a factually determined one. The press and citizens play a part in bringing to light any factual concerns, and this was reasonably the case for Mr. Obama as he had provided only a short form birth certificate in 2008. In 2011 Mr. Trump called for the long form to be submitted. Three weeks later, Mr. Obama released the long form. Mr. Trump is not a "birther" but has been a reasonable skeptic, and has now laid the matter to rest. Those who continue to criticize him for his concern do so out of naked political motivation.