No, we are just pointing out that a Lawyer Heavily trained in BRITISH law, may not be the best authority for arguing what is the meaning of UNIQUE portions of AMERICAN law. We threw off British legal thinking as regards to subjectship. The law of the time was "Perpetual Allegiance."
We stabbed a dagger right through the heart of British Subject law. We could never be independent had we adhered to it.
You really don't know how lawyers were trained in the early United States, do you?