[Senator Bedfellow]

BTW, my guess is that Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom had some influence on the drafting of the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment. Which part of the Constitution do you suppose ten-year-old Joseph Story chose in order to exercise his influence during the convention?

[Mojave]

BTW, my guess is that Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom had some influence on the drafting of the Constitution

My guess it that most people would realize that the common law exists at the state level.