[nomad]

So we are now referring to English interpretation of English law? What ever happened to the concept of a Republic governed by IT`S own laws and any domestic interpretations of them? Carried to furthest extent, you could then say international law and their interpretations now trumps American laws and our`s. That is at the heart of why we had a war of Independence, we`re free to make our own laws and interpretations of them..

[Behind the Blue Wall]

That’s utter nonsense. Our legal system is based on English common law. We imported countless concepts from the English common law into our own system. Sure there are significant ways in which our constitutional system of government differed and differs from theirs, but those are the exceptions that prove the general rule that we inherited the English common law system and continue to use it to this day.

[Mollypitcher1]

You are correct! Add to that the fact that England didn’t have “Citizens” they had Subjects, as in Subject to the King. We threw the King out on July 4, 1776 and declared ourselves a Free People. There WAS a Revolution, after all.