[CpnHook]

So you, on your own, are overruling Mr. Justice Story in Shanks v. Dupont? I am sure, should it come to that, the person arguing for Cruz need only cite CpnHook on constitutional law.

What????? How do you manage to pull Shanks out of thin air and suggest I'm somehow speaking to that when it's not been part of the discussion?

[AmericanVictory]

Because in the unanimous opinion Story specifically states that British common law is municipal law of England and that the Framers, in matters of citizenship, looked to the law of nations. So his opinion is directly on point. I can imagine, if you were to have to compose briefs in an actual presidential eligibility case you would contradict the other side's citing Shanks by telling the court that their citation was invalid because "it was not in the conversation." That would be truly effective.