Ex Parte Bollman & Swartwout, by Marshall. Affirmed by U.S. Circuit Court in Ex Parte Merryman, by Taney. Live with it.
I do, quite nicely.
Your opinion in that it is definitive. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court's opinion is that it is not.
Walt
You can't get much more definative than a standing and affirmed supreme court precedent written by the most famous chief justice in American history. Therefore if it is not a definative ruling, nothing else is either.