[edge919]

Gordon contradicts the standard faither line NBC being defined by English common law on the sole basis of jus soli:

"The common law, as it had developed through the years, recognized a combination of the jus soli and the jus sanguinis. A similar combination has always been embraced by the laws of the United States, except for the possibility of an inadvertent hiatus between 1802 and 1855."

[philman_36]

...as it had developed through the years...
Awwww! I was going to get there eventually. I was holding that in reserve.
You're no fun. {;^)