[D-fendr]

Hence your “act of congress” distinction is meaningless here.

It means “by law.” The constitution is the supreme law and it was... created and ratified by the congress of the time, The Confederation Congress. That’s how it became law, legally, by congress.

CItizen is a legal category, determined by law, laws are determined by congress.

[Cboldt]

-- The constitution is the supreme law and it was... created and ratified by the congress of the time, The Confederation Congress. That's how it became law, legally, by congress. --

ROTFL. Well, I must admit I learned something today.

Article VII - Ratification

The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

The constitution is what is referred to as an "organic" document. It isn't created by Congress. Congress doesn't even exist before the constitution is ratified.

At any rate, I posted just to mock you, because I just don't think you are serious, and I really want nothing to do with you. At all. Talk to me all you want, it'll be like talking to the wall.