Is there anyone else from over 200 years ago we wish to put on trial applying current standards and law?
I bet Jefferson built Monticello without permits, without an environmental impact study, without a neighborhood comment period, and without union labor. The whole thing probably isn’t code. The bastard!!
I bet he couldn't build it today in less than two years and at enormous costs....what a hoot...he probably couldn't even have most of the animals and gardens at Monticello...neighborhood restrictions etc. Glad he built it at all, a beautiful history of that part of our history that was gracious and intelligent.