no thats wrong.
born in country=citizen=natural born subject
Thats the UK system, any citizen can be Prime Minster. I should know I live here.
You cant say because Wong Kim Ark quotes UK common law in a cite that the US suddenly adopted UK common law.
There is no Common Law in the US.
There is the US constitution and statute law.
The US constitution says natural born citizen not natural born subject. You must look backwards for the definition, not forwards, unless the US supreme court defines Article II NBC *exactly and specifically*.
Its meaningless to quote a case about the hapless Kim Wong Ark, which is about making the man an exception to the chinese exclusion laws. It made him a citizen *not* a natural born citizen.
“There is no Common Law in the US.”
Yes there is. It is all over the place here, maybe less in Louisiana. Look up something called “reception statutes”
parsy, who just found out Reagan was an illegal president...
Plus, look at Wong and that Indiana case. Why is all that English stuff in there. Plus, you might want to research/google “Blackstone America influence”
parsy
Plus, look at Wong and that Indiana case. Why is all that English stuff in there. Plus, you might want to research/google “Blackstone America influence”
parsy
Oh?
The U.S. is a common law country. In all states except Louisiana (which is based on the French civil code), the common law of England was adopted as the general law of the state, EXCEPT when a statute provides otherwise. Common law has no statutory basis; judges establish common law through written opinions that are binding on future decisions of lower courts in the same jurisdiction. Broad areas of the law, most notably relating to property, contracts and torts are traditionally part of the common law. These areas of the law are mostly within the jurisdiction of the states and thus state courts are the primary source of common law. Thus, 'common law' is used to fill in gaps. Common law changes over time, and at this time, each state has its own common law on many topics. The area of federal common law is primarily limited to federal issues that have not been addressed by a statute.
http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c070.htm
Maybe you likes that French law better.