A brief historic note here:
Partus sequitur ventrem was also used in the South specifically to ensure that the children of slaves were born slaves.
That is one of the main reasons that particular theory fell out of favor.
Partus sequitur ventrem was also used in the South specifically to ensure that the children of slaves were born slaves.
That is one of the main reasons that particular theory fell out of favor.
Yes, I am aware of what it was used for, but I am not arguing that the law for free people was Partus Sequitur Ventrem, I am arguing that it was Partus Sequitur Patrem.
Poking around the internet today, I may have very well found some more proof of this. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet, but I think i've found a good lead.
While I am at it, I will direct your attention to Mackenzie v Hare. The Supreme Court ruled that marriage to a Foreigner expatriated an American Woman.
U.S. Supreme Court
Mackenzie v. Hare, 239 U.S. 299 (1915)
Argued November 11, 12, 1915
Decided December 6, 1915
Marriage of an American woman with a foreigner is tantamount to voluntary expatriation, and Congress may, without exceeding its powers, make it so, as it has in fact done, by the Act of March 2, 1907.165 Cal. 776 affirmed.