What part of the process that took place after the ratification wherein ALL state laws had to come into compliance with the US Constitution don't you drones not understand?
There is no doubt that there is common law in place in the states, That is where it resides. It does not resides. Ask any SCOTUS justice & they will tell you the same thing.
When you all talk common law, you are referring to local laws prior to the Constitution. Get the picture? Your argument is falls flat on its face when you try and use local laws to interpret Federal laws.
From Patlin v. United States:
When you all talk common law, you are referring to local laws prior to the Constitution. Get the picture? Your argument is falls flat on its face when you try and use local laws to interpret Federal laws.
From Wong:
The Constitution nowhere defines the meaning of these words, either by way of inclusion or of exclusion, except insofar as this is done by the affirmative declaration that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” In this as in other respects, it must be interpreted in the light of the common law, the principles and history of which were familiarly known to the framers of the Constitution. Minor v. Happersett, 21 Wall. 162; Ex parte Wilson, 114 U.S. 417, 422; Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616, 624, 625; Smith v. Alabama, 124 U.S. 465. The language of the Constitution, as has been well said, could not be understood without reference to the common law. Kent Com. 336; Bradley, J., in Moore v. United States, 91 U.S. 270, 274. [p655]
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Oh, I beg to differ.
The federal government was weak under the Articles of Confederation, but it did, indeed, exist.