[DiogenesLamp]

I think that regardless of what happens, you will claim to have predicted it. Of course some predictions are relatively easy. That a knowledgeable and astute fellow will not waste a great deal of trouble trying to reason with you is a fairly safe prediction.

Good for you. You must needs find something of which you can feel proud, albeit undeservedly. :)

[CpnHook]

You must needs find something of which you can feel proud

I already knew how to win a debate. I'm running on auto-pilot with you.

One thing I have noticed since 2013 is I've gotten you to cease your erroneous argument that Horace Gray erred in not considering 39th Congress legislative history. Nope. Howard, Trunbull, Wilson and a host of others can be lined up to state the law just as Gray recited it.

You still haven't figured out what "existing law" they had in mind when they kept saying they were affirming it. All the sources cited (like Lynch v. Clarke, Blackstone, Rawle) cite the law as I've stated it, and as Gray stated it.

And this new 14th Amendment thread takes us right back to WKA. Which is why I suspect you will stay away; you know it's not one you have anything to say at this point.

As they say "lose the 39th Congress and you lose the war." Now, go find a BIG picture of John Bingham and try to make yourself feel better.