[beavus]

You had said,

You therefore, obviously, have to read more than just the Bill of Rights to interpret correctly who is meant by "person".

I've repeatedly read the Bill of Rights, DoI, USC, and other documents reflecting the thoughts of the Founders and have nowhere seen where they concluded that nation of origin determined whether or not one was a "person" (as YOU say) and thus "endowed by their creator".

Excuse me if I'm blind to your thinking, but I'm limitted by what you write. Maybe you should try making the two coincide.

[H.Akston]

I've repeatedly read the Bill of Rights, DoI, USC, and other documents reflecting the thoughts of the Founders and have nowhere seen where they concluded that nation of origin determined whether or not one was a "person" (as YOU say) and thus "endowed by their creator".

They didn't mean for the Bill of Rights to cover Englishmen in England, did they? Surely they had some idea of just who these rights were intended to protect? Why can't you see that ?