inhabitance

This inhabitance requirement does not apply to holding the office of senator, nor does it apply to the appointment of a senator when a vacancy arises.

"Body mass has also been linked with a species' inhabitance of islands, as island birds tend to be larger than mainland species."

This physical presence in the state would surely satisfy the Constitution’s inhabitance requirement.

But what about the inhabitance rule?

Why, instead, does the inhabitance requirement apply only to “elected” senators by its plain text?